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Medicare provides broad coverage but doesn't cover everything. Original Medicare, for example, does not cover routine dental care, dentures, routine eye care, corrective lenses, dentures, hearing aids, or long-term nursing home care.
14 Medicare out-of-pocket costs you should anticipate
December 19, 2025 – Medicare provides broad coverage but doesn't cover everything. Original Medicare, for example, does not cover routine dental care,… Read more
Eight ways to help minimize your Medicare out-of-pocket costs
December 2, 2025 – As a Medicare enrollee, you'll face a range of out-of-pocket costs. When you know what to look for, you can find ways to minimize these… Read more
Four ways to avoid income-related Medicare surcharges
April 4, 2025 – Some Medicare enrollees are able to avoid having to pay IRMAA – the income-related surcharge – through strategies that reduce their… Read more
Paying through the nose for prescription drugs
August 8, 2015 – Americans pay far more for their prescription medications than citizens of any other country. In fact, we pay almost 40 percent more than… Read more
Ding. Dong. The ‘doc fix’ is dead.
April 17, 2015 – The 'doc fix': a Band Aid approach that should have been abandoned years… Read more
ACA’s CLASS Act pushed over the fiscal cliff
January 2, 2013 – CLASS was designed to complement private long-term care insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and public disability programs. For Medicare… Read more
