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With the start of a new year comes a restart in health insurance deductibles and co-pays whether you have Medicare, employer health insurance or purchase your own coverage.  As part of your financial plan and budget, the beginning of the year is a good time to review your health care plan...

Medicare Costs in 2017   An important part of retirement planning is understanding your health care costs.  For people currently enrolled in Medicare it is smart to know what your costs are for Medicare including premiums and deductibles.   Medicare costs for 2017 were recently released by the Centers for...

  Your retirement planning better include realistic estimates of health care costs because the costs continue to rise, especially prescription drug costs. A 65-year-old couple retiring in 2016 will need an estimated $260,000 to cover health care costs in retirement, according to Fidelity's Retiree Health Care Cost Estimate. This is a...