Dear Toni: My Medicare starts Oct. 1 and I received my first bill, due on Sept. 25, about a week ago. This bill is for three months (Oct. 1-Dec. 31) and is over $525. I have more than $10,000 on my ...

Toni King has authored several books on the subject of Medicare and has appeared regularly as a guest on the American Family Radio Network. I’m turning 65 in July and not receiving Social Security yet ...

Dear Toni: I am turning 65 in March, and I was surprised when Social Security told me to go online to sign up for Medicare. There is not a local Social Security office open that can help me with the ...

Toni King has authored several books on the subject of Medicare and has appeared regularly as a guest on the American Family Radio Network. I am turning 65 in March 2023, and I was surprised when ...

Would you like for a family member or caregiver to be able to call Medicare on your behalf? Would you like a way to store all your health records in one place online, so you can quickly share them ...

In Medicare, online tools such as the Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS) help streamline the enrollment of doctors and healthcare organizations. This makes it easier for them to ...

A Medicare Savings Account (MSA) plan is a type of Medicare Advantage plan. For these plans, a person pays a high deductible for a private insurance plan and also has a health savings account they use ...

Your Medicare number is on your government-issued Medicare card, Medicare.gov, and websites for other government benefits. It’s important to keep your Medicare number safe and report it immediately if ...

The best time to think about your parents' Medicare is when they're healthy. Medical care becomes a bigger part of life as we age and having a Plan B for managing that care is necessary to ensure your ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a notice, Wednesday, about fake Medicare accounts. The letters are meant to warn Iowans on Medicare, that they may be one of ...

I’m turning 65 in July and not receiving my Social Security check. Last week I tried to open a “My Social Security” account to enroll in Medicare online and discovered that my Social Security account ...

Note: Because Toni recently received more reader queries about creating a My Social Security account after the account is blocked, we are rerunning the following ...