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Medicare Advantage’s $0 Premium Comes With a $9,250 Catch

Medicare’s Initial Enrollment Period offers two options that look nothing alike on the enrollment screen. Plan A is a Medicare Advantage HMO with a $0 monthly premium. Plan B is Original Medicare plus a…

David Beren · 3 months ago

COLA Went Up in 2026, but Medicare Quietly Took $215 of It

The 2026 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment landed at 2.8%, which added roughly $56 a month, or about $672 a year, to the average retired worker’s benefit. But Medicare deducts the Part B premium before…

David Beren · 3 months ago

OpenAI Prices Wars Could Cripple IPO

OpenAI believes its prices for enterprise customers are too high. This is particularly true when the management at these companies compares its prices to archrival Anthropic. According to The Wall Street Journal, OpenAI will…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 3 months ago