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HSA and Medicare: What You Can (and Can’t) Do With Your Account

You spent years building up a health savings account. Now Medicare is on the horizon, and you’re wondering what happens next. The short answer: you can’t add to it once you’re on Medicare, but you can ...

How to Choose a Medicare Plan: 5 Things to Know Before You Decide

There’s one simple idea you need before you choose a Medicare plan. It is not about the premium. It is about what happens when something goes seriously wrong with your health. Get that one thing right, ...

Home Sale and Medicare: How to Avoid the IRMAA Hit

Selling a home you’ve owned for decades can hand you a big profit, and a surprise Medicare bill two years later. Here’s how selling your home affects your Medicare premiums, and the simple tax rule that ...

How your 401k Withdrawals Can Spike Your Medicare Costs

How One Big Withdrawal Can Spike Your Medicare Premiums (and How to Avoid IRMAA) Pay off your mortgage, fund a renovation, or help a child with a down payment, and you could accidentally raise your Medicare ...