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You may have received a new Medicare card with a new ID number in the mail. On Your Side received a few emails from concerned viewers who thought it was a scam.

a woman called me and asked if I had received my new or updated Medicare card. I said I had not, nor had I heard of such a thing. She said I need a new one because my old card was now invalid. Then ...

Dear Heloise: Three days ago, a woman called me and asked if I had received my new or updated Medicare ... my old card was now invalid. Then she asked me if my card began with a number followed ...

Starting Jan. 1, 2025, millions of Americans who get their prescription drugs through Medicare could get a major financial break when a $2,000 out-of-pocket spending cap on medications goes into ...

Throughout the past year, The Wall Street Journal investigated how UnitedHealth Group and other giant insurers extracted billions in extra payments from the $450-billion-a-year Medicare Advantage ...

How Trump could try to stay in power after his second term ends Vacant house in Liverpool catches fire on Friday Yet, Medicare Advantage ... back of your insurance card to help with finding ...

Dear Toni: In December 2016, my husband Gary and I left my employer’s benefits and enrolled in Medicare Part B with a supplement and Part D prescription drug plan that began on Jan. 1 ...

In our state there were 118 Medicare Advantage plans in 2024. Choosing one requires knowing whether the doctor or hospital you choose are “in network,” what the deductibles and co-pays and ...

A record low number of New Year's greeting cards were delivered in Japan on Wednesday as 2025 began, the fewest since data became available on them in 2008. A ceremony was held to mark the start ...

File photo of a Medicare card, taken in June this year. Medicare will begin capping prescription drug costs at $2,000 from January 1. File photo of a Medicare card, taken in June this year.