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Costs are soaring for people who care for their older parents and other family members, according to a new study.

Out-of-pocket expenses are nearly 60% higher than they were just five years ago for family caregivers, who now spend an average of $11,508 a year on caregiving, according to a report released this week by AARP, a nonprofit that ...Read more

Costs are soaring for people who care for their older parents and other family members, according to a new study.

Out-of-pocket expenses are nearly 60% higher than they were just five years ago for family caregivers, who now spend an average of $11,508 a year on caregiving, according to a report released this week by AARP, a nonprofit that ...Read more

Toni,

I’m turning 65 on May 12, 2027, and I need your help! Why am I receiving so much mail and so many emails and phone calls when my Medicare does not begin until May? What should I be doing during this Medicare season? Insurance companies and agencies all claim their plan is the best. They all offer the same thing, with ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Is your memory faltering, or are you experiencing early signs of Alzheimer’s? Does your family history mean you are more likely to develop the disease?

Learning your Alzheimer’s risk — and taking steps to curb it — is getting easier in South Florida with less invasive, more accessible, and more accurate testing...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Is your memory faltering, or are you experiencing early signs of Alzheimer’s? Does your family history mean you are more likely to develop the disease?

Learning your Alzheimer’s risk — and taking steps to curb it — is getting easier in South Florida with less invasive, more accessible, and more accurate testing...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Sitting in a wheelchair near her gate at San Jose Mineta International Airport, 72-year-old Kurtetha Leatores had given herself plenty of time before her flight home to Southern California.

For Leatores, who has had three strokes and was preparing for heart surgery, getting on the plane isn’t necessarily the hardest part ...Read more

LONDON — Campaigns are helping propel the topic of men’s health into the mainstream, sparking more open conversations about issues like mental health and prostate cancer that were previously often overlooked or brushed under the carpet.

As men age, their bodies go through significant changes and it can be easier to dismiss new aches, ...Read more

Toni,

I enrolled in Medicare in 2025 but have not received my 2027 Medicare & You handbook, and I’m concerned about what I should do during the fall Medicare season. I have health problems, and I might make the wrong change to my Medicare or prescription drug plan. My brother said that on the cover of his Medicare & You handbook it says to go...Read more

GENEVA — A team of Canadian and Swiss researchers has added to a growing body of evidence that low earners are more likely to be in worse health and age sooner than their more financially secure peers.

“People with less wealth tended to have lower levels of function and suffered larger declines in mobility and ability to perform daily ...Read more

Kristin Martinelli began her workday at 7:30 a.m. on a recent Monday, completing an online Medicaid recertification form for a client in a nursing home in Austin, Texas.

Next, she drove to meet an 85-year-old and her daughter, who had come in from out of town. The older woman had “pretty advanced dementia” and was scheduled to move into the...Read more

Kristin Martinelli began her workday at 7:30 a.m. on a recent Monday, completing an online Medicaid recertification form for a client in a nursing home in Austin, Texas.

Next, she drove to meet an 85-year-old and her daughter, who had come in from out of town. The older woman had “pretty advanced dementia” and was scheduled to move into the...Read more

Hello Toni:

On October 5, I received a termination letter from the Medicare Advantage HMO I’ve been enrolled in for five years. The letter stated that the termination is taking place on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026.

Currently, I am having cancer treatment in my right lung, with chemotherapy starting in two weeks. I ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Florida’s 5.3 million Medicare enrollees face a sweeping financial squeeze in 2027 as rising monthly premiums, higher prescription deductibles, and shrinking Medicare Advantage benefits hit simultaneously.

Medicare experts warn that keeping coverage on “autopilot” during Open Enrollment (from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7) ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Florida’s 5.3 million Medicare enrollees face a sweeping financial squeeze in 2027 as rising monthly premiums, higher prescription deductibles, and shrinking Medicare Advantage benefits hit simultaneously.

Medicare experts warn that keeping coverage on “autopilot” during Open Enrollment (from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7) ...Read more

Toni:

Last year, I emailed you a problem I was having with the premium for my stand-alone Part D plan, and for 2027 there is an increase, though not as high as it was for 2026. The plan is going up by $16.60 per month, from $94.80 in 2026 to $111.40 for the new 2027 Part D plan, which begins Jan. 1. On the positive side, the Part...Read more

Dear Toni,

My husband, Steve, is having a situation after emergency surgery in January from a fall. He was in a skilled nursing facility for over two months, re-learning how to walk. Since he has Medicare only, he was billed over $1,700 because he did not have a Medicare Supplement or Medicare Advantage plan to pay what Original Medicare does ...Read more