Medicare Part B covers outpatient and diagnostic services. Costs for Part B are up in 2026 compared to last year. There's a way to get help with some of the expenses you might incur. It's important to ...

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The Department of the Navy is preparing to increase the ceiling of its Financial Improvement Program IV multiple-award contract by $825 million, citing accelerated auditability mandates that require ...

The Medicare Part B premium is one of the most important — and most confusing — costs facing older Americans and people with disabilities. It affects monthly budgets, benefit increases, and even how ...

There's a reason many older workers push themselves to remain employed until they turn 65. Age 65 is when Medicare eligibility generally begins. And without Medicare or employer-subsidized insurance, ...

Medicare Part B covers outpatient care. The cost of Part B is increasing substantially in 2026. For seniors on Social Security, that increase will eat into their upcoming cost-of-living adjustment. We ...

The standard Medicare Part B premium will rise to $202.90 per month in 2026, an increase of 9.7 percent from the $185 monthly premium in 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently ...

Medicare Part B recipients are about to see the second-largest premium increase in Medicare’s history. The nearly 10% increase in 2026 will push the monthly premium above $200 for the first time. The ...

The rapidly rising premium for Part B, which covers retirees’ outpatient services, reflects the fast pace of growth for health care costs nationally. By Mark Miller If you’re enrolled in Medicare, you ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the premium and deductibles for Medicare Parts A and Part B for 2026. In Part A, an inpatient hospital deductible will cost $1,736, up from ...

The 2.8% bump in Social Security income takes effect in January 2026 and is expected to bring an additional $56 per month to the average recipient. That good news, however, is tempered by the rise in ...