If you need to replace your Medicare card, don’t worry. Following these tips and tricks will make it as straightforward as possible. You receive your original Medicare card when the Social Security ...

You can contact Medicare or Social Security to check the status of your Part A or Part B application. For Part C, Part D, or Medigap applications, you must contact the insurance company directly. You ...

You can get a new Medicare card online at SSA.gov or Medicare.gov, by calling 1-800-772-1213 or 1-800-633-4227, or by going to your local Social Security office. The fastest way to get a new Medicare ...

Some Medicare Advantage beneficiaries receive Medicare flex cards, pre-paid debit cards for qualifying expenses, as part of their benefits. The U.S. government does not issue Medicare flex cards. This ...

Dear Toni: I had no problem opening a My Social Security account to enroll in Medicare because I knew those answers. But filling out the application for Medicare was another story. I had a problem ...

Toni King has authored several books on the subject of Medicare and has appeared regularly as a guest on the American Family Radio Network. I am turning 65 in March 2023, and I was surprised when ...

Enrolling in Medicare should be at the top of the to-do list if you’re about to turn 65. When people start collecting Social Security at age 65, they are automatically enrolled in Medicare. However, ...

Some Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans provide a flex card for expenses like food, utilities, and medical transportation. To qualify, you must be eligible for Medicare and enrolled in a participating ...

With 2025 rapidly drawing to a close, now is the time to check your flex card balance and strategically spend your remaining ...

As luck – dumb luck – would have it, scammers recently tried to trick this ConsumerAffairs reporter into turning over their Social Security number under the guise of offering “the new plastic Medicare ...