More than 65 million Americans rely on the program for their health insurance, with a significant proportion of those being seniors facing retirement.

New letters urge the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to expand Medicare and Medicaid to include FDA-approved anti-obesity medications.

Fidelity puts the average cost of healthcare in retirement at $165,000 for someone aged 65 retiring in 2024, and that's just an average. If you end up with a lot of health issues as a retiree, your out-of-pocket costs could be higher.

The U.S. government said on Wednesday it will consider opportunities to "bring greater transparency" for the Medicare drug price negotiation program under President Donald Trump's administration. The price negotiation process was established under former President Joe Biden's signature Inflation Reduction Act in 2022.

Medicare is big business, recently providing healthcare coverage to 68 million people. Before the 2024 election, fully 94% of surveyed seniors said it was very or extremely important to protect Medicare,

In a confirmation hearing for his nomination to head the $1.7 trillion Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confused two of the massive healthcare programs he would be overseeing as secretary — Medicare and Medicaid — and insisted he was not anti-vaccine.

Many older Americans specifically postpone retirement until age 65 so they can get health coverage through Medicare. And while Medicare is far from free, a lot of seniors would conceivably face higher costs in its absence.

Retirees are able to use their Medicare benefits in Puerto Rico just as they can on the mainland, with the same level of coverage. However, they may find that the healthcare options available are less extensive, so more complicated medical issues may be more costly, or better served with a trip back to the mainland for care.

Kennedy Jr. had a cold on Wednesday. During his Senate hearing as Donald Trump's nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, Kennedy snuffled, cleared his throat, coughed, blew his nose and,

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