Keith Miles

The federal government has begun mailing new Medicare cards to 59 million Americans. You should keep track of when your new card will arrive and contact Medicare if you don't receive it.

Medicare is extending its offer of relief from penalties for certain Medicare beneficiaries who failed to sign up for Medicare Part B because they had coverage through the individual insurance marketplace.

While a nursing home cannot require a child to be personally liable for their parent's nursing home bill, there are circumstances in which children can end up having to pay.

In a funny and scary segment, John Oliver recently highlighted problems with the guardianship system on his HBO show, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

A U.S. court of appeal has struck down a Department of Labor rule that was intended to prevent financial advisers from steering their clients to bad retirement investments, but the Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed new regulations to at least partially address the same problem.

There are two main types of employee retirement savings plans: the traditional 401(k) and the Roth 401(k). Distributions from a Roth 401(k) are usually tax-free, but there is a little-known situation where distributions can be taxed.

Arizona and Florida are the latest states to request a waiver from the requirement that states provide three months of retroactive Medicaid coverage to eligible Medicaid recipients.

Figuring out how much to save for retirement and when you can safely stop working can be difficult. A growing number of online retirement calculators, many of them free, are available to help.

New rules have been put in place to protect seniors from with brokerage accounts from financial scams that could drain the accounts before anyone notices.

If your Medicare drug plan denies coverage for a drug you need, you don't have to simply accept it. There are several steps you can take to fight the decision.