Medicare enrollees have to pay a monthly premium for Part B. Higher earners can be subject to surcharges called IRMAAs. It's important to know how IRMAAs are calculated and how to avoid them. CEO says ...

One of the big mysteries for me has always been how do Medicare and Social Security work when I go to actually start utilizing them. We pay into them for decades of our working life, but most ...

A clear breakdown of the 2026 IRMAA income thresholds, surcharge amounts, appeal rules, and which life-changing events qualify for reduced Medicare costs. Trump orders release of Arkansas ...

Dear Rusty: I’m trying to figure out if I should change my IRS filing status to “Married — Filing Jointly” prior to getting reviewed for my Medicare Part B and Part D. My current IRS status is ...

Dear Liz: My wife and I are well over 70 and receive Social Security. We pay for Medicare Part B as well as IRMAA (Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount) for Part B and Part D via deductions from ...

Clients often assume that their Medicare payments will be set once they become Medicare-eligible—and that all beneficiaries are treated equally when it comes to premium amounts. Many higher-income ...

Oracle Corp. said final negotiations on an equity deal for a data center project in Michigan are “on schedule” and doesn’t include Blue Owl Capital, a firm that has helped finance massive data center ...

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Every senior on Medicare should be intimately familiar with IRMAA — the initials that stand for Income Related Monthly Adjustment Amount. It’s the amount by which your Medicare Part B and Part D ...

I just received a Social Security notice that my modified adjusted gross income was over the income-related monthly adjustment amount (IRMAA) and will be facing an extra charge for Plans B and D. This ...

A controversy is swirling at a Texas university. The trigger? A flowchart. On Dec. 1, the new chancellor of the Texas Tech University system sent professors a diagram laying out a chain of approval ...