Medicare and Travel Health Insurance

This Brief explores the many considerations of traveling abroad as a Medicare recipient. Does Medicare provide any benefits for extended international travel? What if you need emergency surgery or prescription medication? These are some of the questions I answer in our latest Brief: Medicare and Traveling — Do You Need Extra Insurance?

Retiree Healthcare Expenses (Part 2: Understanding Medicare)

This post is the second of a three-part series on retiree healthcare expenses. Part 1: Drivers of Retiree Healthcare ExpensesPart 2: Understanding MedicarePart 3: Factoring in Long-term Care In Part 1 of this series, we looked at the impact of health status, income, insurance coverage, and location on a retiree’s healthcare expenses. In this post […]