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Why Avoiding IRMAA Could Cost You More in Retirement

Doing everything to avoid Medicare surcharges (IRMAA) is tempting, but obsessing over annual premium savings can increase your total retirement tax bill.

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Pence showed courage, civility at a pivotal moment in country's historyEastern Washington sent Tom Foley to Congress for 30 years. In that span the country adopted Medicare, put a man on the moon, fought in Vietnam, and watched the Soviet Union fall.

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Trump emails Medicare enrollees about $90 payment, touts his policiesThe unusual move, which comes weeks before the midterm elections, has been derided by Democrats and advocates as a stunt.

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Louisiana Department of Health announces Medicaid pre-release services for incarcerated individualsBATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Health announced on Friday that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has approved Louisiana's 115 Reentry Demonstration, allowing the state to receive Federal Financial Participation for providing Medicaid pre-release services to incarcerated individuals.

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