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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.

I'm one of many people, I'm sure, who've been blindsided by IRMAA. I'm trying to plan my 2025 income now to minimize my 2027 Medicare charges. I'm filing single. It seems that no one knows what the thresholds are yet for 2027. Is that true? If so, can we estimate?

I had no problem opening the “My Social Security” account to enroll in Medicare because I knew those answers. When it came to filling out the application for Medicare that was another story. I had a problem with some of Medicare’s personal questions.

Medicare is a vital healthcare program that many U.S. citizens and residents look forward to as they approach age 65. While the program offers broad benefits under its different p