Money: Medicare Update
It’s coming up on that time again – Medicare re-enrollment. It’s the time to review your health care options and decide if you are going to stick with your current Medicare plan for the next year.
Medicare Basics
But first, it’s time to review what you have. Medicare open enrollment runs from October 15 to December 7 each year. If you are enrolled in Original Medicare (Parts A and B) or a Medicare Advantage Plan, you will be automatically re-enrolled unless you opt out.
Rodney Brooks
An award-winning journalist, writer and author and my specialty is retirement planning and other personal finance issues. I have written for many national publications, including USA TODAY, The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, AARP and National Geographic. I am available to speak on personal finance, financial literacy and the racial wealth gap.
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The author tells the history of the Freedman’s Savings Bank, how it grew much too quickly, why it failed and the impact on Black America. The Freedman’s Bank offered a safe depository for formerly enslaved people, expanded quickly and gained millions in deposits – mostly ranging from $5 to $50. But inexperience and corruption doomed it to failure, costing may of the small depositors their savings.
