What to Do if You Lose Your Health Insurance During the Coronavirus Crisis

What to Do if You Lose Your Health Insurance During the Coronavirus Crisis

You can’t control whether you lose your job and your benefits because of COVID-19. You can, however, take steps to…

How Couples Can Share Long Term Care Benefits

How Couples Can Share Long Term Care Benefits

Q: How does a shared-benefit rider for long term care insurance work? Does it cost more than regular coverage? A:…

Jump-starting a health savings account with an IRA rollover

Jump-starting a health savings account with an IRA rollover

Q: How much money can I roll over from my IRA to a health savings account? Also, are contributions from…

How much can families contribute to an HSA?

How much can families contribute to an HSA?

Q: I picked a high-deductible health insurance policy for 2018 that covers my whole family. How much can I contribute…

Guide to Medicare open enrollment for 2018

Guide to Medicare open enrollment for 2018

Ah, the rituals of fall: The leaves change color. The temperature drops. Sweaters and boots pop out of the closet.…

Going abroad? Check your health coverage

Going abroad? Check your health coverage

With the world as their oyster, many retirees take the opportunity to travel far and wide. But before you go,…

Hybrid insurance policies gaining steam

Hybrid insurance policies gaining steam

Consumers who are skeptical of traditional long-term-care insurance are snapping up “hybrid” policies combining life insurance with long-term-care benefits. But…

Self-Paying Your Way to Better Healthcare

Self-Paying Your Way to Better Healthcare

Even with the Affordable Care Act, millions are still uninsured, and health insurance rates continue to climb for millions more.…

Guide to Medicare open enrollment for 2017

Guide to Medicare open enrollment for 2017

Get ready to be bombarded with mailings and TV ads for Medicare plans. Open enrollment for Medicare Part D and…

Annuities that pay off for the sick

Annuities that pay off for the sick

The vast majority of seniors don’t have long-term-care insurance. For all but the wealthiest, deteriorating health or an imminent need…

How to get insurance if you can’t work

How to get insurance if you can’t work

As you approach your final 10 or so years of work, did you ever think how you’d pay the bills…

How to Save in Both an HSA and an FSA

How to Save in Both an HSA and an FSA

Q: I signed up for a high-deductible insurance policy at my new job, but my employer offers a flexible spending…

Medicare rules for home health care

Medicare rules for home health care

Medicare home health coverage can be a crucial benefit for seniors who have just been discharged from the hospital or…

Plan ahead to cover retiree health care costs

Plan ahead to cover retiree health care costs

By Susan B. Garland, Kiplinger’s Retirement Report When you draw up a retirement-spending budget, you’re likely to account for utilities,…

Tactics to make long-term-care coverage affordable

Tactics to make long-term-care coverage affordable

By Kimberly Lankford, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance No matter how carefully you plan for retirement, if you don’t have long-term-care insurance,…

7 steps to choose the best Obamacare health insurance plan for 2016

7 steps to choose the best Obamacare health insurance plan for 2016

By Kimberly Lankford, Kiplinger Personal Finance Q: I bought my health insurance policy with a subsidy through Healthcare.gov last year.…

What People Really Want to Know About Medicare

By Janet Bodnar, Kiplinger Personal Finance The likelihood that high-income recipients will see a major hike in their Part B…

It’s time for Medicare open enrollment

It’s time for Medicare open enrollment

By Kimberly Lankford, Kiplinger Retirement Report You may be feeling the post-summer blues, but don’t let the doldrums keep you…

Critical Questions about ACA Fallout: Flips in Price and Power

You do have options. Don’t you?By Tom Mullaney With more people moving into high-deductible health insurance programs, it will pay…