For those on Medicare, Social Security offers Extra Help for individuals with limited incomes and assets: Why is this important?   The cost of prescription drugs can be challenging.  Even more so for individuals that may not have the resources they once had, to pay for them.  If you qualify for Extra Help, then you Read more about Extra Help (Low Income Subsidy)[…]

So, you are turning 65 or you are eligible for Medicare, and you are covered through your current employer’s group insurance, or  through your spouse through their current employer’s group insurance.  But now you are considering if you should get Medicare Part B.  What should you do?  How do you know? One quick note, which Read more about Covered under your or your spouses employer plan?[…]