10 Christmas Toys Many Boomers Bought For Their Kids   Black Friday and Cyber Monday have passed, which means that the Christmas season is in full swing. It means that the Hallmark channel will deck their airtime with cheesy but (let’s be honest) heartwarming Christmas movies. It means Nativity reenactments at church. It means the… Read more »

Should I Sign Up For a Drug Plan? (Even if I’m Not on Expensive Medications) I don’t know? Should you sign up for home insurance even if your house isn’t on fire? Of course, this question is absurd. I mean, when was the last time you saw your soot-covered neighbor pant past you, saying, “We… Read more »

Why You Can Try a Medicare Advantage Plan at No Risk Infomercials have done it for years. When people feel uneasy about trying a new product, they offer a free trial or a money back guarantee. It provides security for the buyer to know that even if the supposed benefits of a product were oversold… Read more »

Here’s a Reliable Online Tool to Help You Choose a Part D Drug Plan! It’s annual enrollment season again (October 15—December 7), the time of year when you can finally drop that drug plan you hate and shop a new one. The entirety of the drug plan market is available to you, and that’s exciting… Read more »

Don’t “Set It and Forget It” This Annual Enrollment Season!   Does anyone remember Ron Popeil? If you don’t, allow me to rephrase the question. Does anyone remember the “set it and forget it” infomercial king?   I bet it’s ringing a bell now.   I, for one, can still see him in his green… Read more »

6 Things Everyone Needs to Know About Their 2 Medicare Choices Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplements. Two feasible choices. Two Medicare buzzwords. One startling misconception. And here it is: Medicare Advantage plans and Medicare Supplements are the same.   But this is just not true…not even a little. In fact, Medicare Advantage plans and Medicare… Read more »

Medicare Answers at a Glance: Should I Delay Part B?   Medicare Part A is free, so there isn’t much hesitation to enroll outside of HSA contribution issues. But with Part B, there is a $121.80 associated premium, so those approaching 65 are a little bit leery. Do I really need it?   Let’s make… Read more »

The Jackson Five’s number one hit single in 1970 takes the convoluted topic of love and boils it down to a few letters. Sweet simplicity. “All you gotta do is repeat after me,” Michael sings, “It’s as easy as A B C.”   Well, I figured if the Jackson Five can make love easy to… Read more »

Every last one of us is pretty much the same in this respect: we don’t take now for an answer. When the task is daunting, overwhelming, or complex, we always manage to escape doing it now by putting it off for tomorrow. We’re like a gaggle of Houdinis. Just when you think time constraints have… Read more »

“Many people think that when they turn 65, they’ll be eligible to skate down Medicare Boulevard, relying on the federal system to take care of their every medical need forevermore. They’d be wrong, wrong, wrong.” -An Brenoof, Senior Writer at Huffington Post There it is. I quoted Brenoff because I liked her sense of urgency.… Read more »