Quick Read Medical care costs rose 2.85% year-over-year versus 2.16% general inflation. Healthcare spending grew 6.9% while consumer spending rose 4.6%. Original Medicare has no out-of-pocket maximum.

With healthcare costs climbing at more than twice the rate of Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs), a new report warns that they could eventually surpass benefits and eat into retirement ...

Your representatives may finally grab the feared “third rail” of U.S. politics. When the Social Security and Medicare trust funds run out in the early 2030s, the law is clear: Benefits must be slashed ...

The massive reconciliation bill that passed the House of Representatives in a 215-214 vote May 22 includes provisions to increase Medicare physician payments by 2.25% in 2026 and implement ongoing ...

Members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) seemed favorable Thursday to a proposed recommendation to Congress that Medicare should pay physicians based on the rate of medical ...

Retiring before age 65 means losing employer health coverage before you qualify for Medicare. That gap creates one of the ...

Early data suggests a meager 1.2% Social Security COLA for 2027. Learn why the official inflation numbers don't match your ...

As a reproductive endocrinologist in Sioux Falls, I’ve spent my career taking care of patients who trust me to always be ...