I don't do New Year's Resolutions but I decided to make this my ongoing resolution for the foreseeable future: Make Fewer Things Matter. This dawned on me when I learned how to cut a pineapple. I ...
2021 2022 Medicare Part B Part D IRMAA Premium Brackets
[Update on November 18, 2020: My projections for 2021 matched 100% the official numbers.] Seniors age 65 or older can sign up for Medicare. The government calls people who receive ...
Late Enrollment Penalty On Health Insurance
A new health care bill American Health Care Act passed in the House. Just like the new tax plan outline, who knows whether it will pass in the Senate or what will change. From the previous post Health ...
HSA While On Medicare
After reading my article HSA Contribution Limit For Two Plans Or Mid-Year Changes, a reader emailed me asking: Cut through the gibberish. Can you have an HSA if you are on Medicare? Partly because I ...
How Much Will the New Health Care Taxes Affect High Earners?
[This is a guest post from Bogleheads investment forum participant Bob’s not my name.] There’s a lot of talk these days about the new Medicare taxes in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), so you may be ...
Medicare Doc Fix: An Interview with Austin Frakt
The Medicare "doc fix" is in the news again. I keep hearing if Congress doesn't act, doctor's fees for treating Medicare patients will be cut by 27% starting on January 1. This is a ...