Medicare

The Medicare Surtax and the Additional Medicare Tax: What is It? Will You Pay It? Ways to Reduce Your Tax Liability

By Charles Sherry, MSC Here is what you need to know to navigate the 3.8% surtax on unearned investment income and the 0.9% additional tax on wages. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was designed to make health insurance more affordable, expand coverage, expand Medicaid, and help lower the overall cost of health care. The law …

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Do You Need to Sign Up for Medicare at 65 if You’re Still Working?

By Elaine Floyd, CFP ® For the past four decades, age 65 marked the time when you would leave your job, start your pension, file for Social Security, and enroll in Medicare. Not anymore. Since then, the retirement landscape has changed. Full retirement age for Social Security is 66 or 67. The traditional corporate pension has …

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Health Care Checklist for Finding the Best Coverage

Medicare and health insurance open enrollment starts on October 15th. To help you find the best coverage for your money, here’s a step-by-step checklist of health care items to review annually. Each fall, it’s important to review your health care needs and consider your available insurance options for the coming year. A recent survey found …

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10 Common Medicare Questions Answered

Medicare is more complicated than most people think. Here are ten of the most common questions that come up on Medicare. With the baby boom generation entering retirement, many have questions about Medicare. People are confused—both about how the system works, and how these inner workings affect their retirement decisions. These ten questions address some …

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Medicare and COVID-19-Related Health Care Costs

As the coronavirus continues to spread, be sure to review your health insurance to determine how you will handle out-of-pocket costs should you need testing, hospitalization or treatment of COVID-19 symptoms. As the coronavirus spreads across the nation, now is a good time to review your health insurance to determine how much you might have …

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