Tag: Medicare
One of retirees’ biggest fears is that they will have to go into a nursing home. This fear isn’t just psychological – it’s also financial. Roughly half of older Americans will find themselves in a nursing home at some point, according to a 2015 estimate. These stays usually last months, but sometimes years, and t…
Reforms to Medicare Part D under the Affordable Care Act brought significant relief to retirees by reducing the share of medication costs they must pay out of their own pockets. But with the healthcare reform now nearly a decade old, other developments have taken over that will drive up drug costs for the most vulnerab…
