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Dear Toni, I had no problem opening the "My Social Security" account to enroll in Medicare because I knew those answers.

Original Medicare's premiums and deductibles went up in 2025. The Part A annual deductible increased from $1,632 to $1,676, and the Part B annual deductible rose from $240 to $257. Most seniors don't pay a premium for Part A,

House Speaker Mike Johnson said cuts to Social Security and Medicare won't be part of the legislative plan being worked out to fund President-elect Donald Trump's agenda.

Almost all Social Security beneficiaries are familiar with the most popular and publicized change: the increase in monthly benefit checks for 2025 due to the automated cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA. As you already know, that increase will be 2.5%.

Francois Melese warned in a recent op-ed of the damaging effects of Trump's plan to end Social Security taxes.

Undocumented workers often pay taxes that help fund programs like Social Security — even if they can’t collect from them in the future.

I am retired collecting Social Security, my military pension, and State retirement benefits. According to my SSA statement, over my working lifetime I paid $14,302 into Medicare, but I never used that medical plan.

In 2017, the Trump Administration passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). While this law is complex, it essentially provided for a number of tax breaks and deductions, many of which are scheduled to sunset in 2025. Trump has said he plans to extend these tax cuts, but that's not a sure thing.

After teaching high school Spanish for 38 years in Phoenix, Fernanda R. thought she had her retirement all figured out -- but she's learning that all of her beliefs aren't 100% correct. Now 72,

It can be financially feasible to retire when projected retirement income equals or exceeds projected retirement expenses. In many cases, withdrawals from $1.6 million in a taxable brokerage account and $1.