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Original Medicare typically only pays for eyeglasses following cataract surgery.

Medicare coverage for eyecare is limited to people who have or are at high risk for certain conditions. Eyeglasses are only covered after cataract surgery.

Does Medicare Pay for Eyeglasses for Diabetics?

Before you sign on the dotted line, you should understand how your insurance policy works. These questions will help.

You deserve to know exactly how your insurance policy works. Here’s how to figure out what’s covered before you sign on the dotted line.

9 Questions to Ask Your Medicare Agent

9 Questions to Ask Your ClearMatch Medicare Agent

Naturopathic medicine is an independent branch of medicine that uses natural and non-invasive methods to treat various conditions and diseases.

Medicare covers two types of naturopathic medicine under very specific conditions: chiropractic care and acupuncture to treat chronic low back pain.

Does Medicare Cover Naturopathic Medicine?

Neuropathy usually first presents as a slight tingling in your extremities, e.g., the hands and feet.

Medicare helps pay for a variety of neuropathy treatments, including diagnosis and treatment plans (Part B) and medications to manage symptoms (Part D).

Does Medicare Cover Neuropathy Treatments?

Medicare Supplement plans only help pay for services covered by Original Medicare, which is Parts A and B.

Medigap Plan G is the most comprehensive Supplement plan you get if you qualified for Medicare after 2019. However, no Medigap plan covers prescriptions.

Does Medicare Plan G Cover Prescriptions?

Does Medicare Supplement Plan G Cover Prescriptions?

The most common types of Medicare Advantage plans are HMO and PPO plans.

The main differences between HMO and PPO plans are the provider networks and what you’ll pay to go out of network for healthcare and services.

Difference Between Medicare Advantage HMO vs PPO

Making time to catch up with a friend or discuss a new show with your spouse isn’t just enjoyable. It’s a workout for your mind.

Talking to someone every day can help with memory, mental flexibility, and self-control.

5 Ways to Turn a Conversation into a Workout for Your Brain

4 Signs a Medicare Supplement (Medigap) Plan is Right for You

The Brain Exercise You Should Do Every Day

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While there are many joys to getting older, being the target of scams certainly is not one of them. These scams can come in many forms, including online, over the phone, through the mail, and even in person.

If you're 65+, you probably already know that scammers and con artists target you more than any other demographic. Here's how to avoid them.

How to Avoid Getting Scammed

Sometimes, speed really matters. That’s definitely true when someone is having a stroke – the fifth leading cause of death in the country.

Is it a stroke? Learn why you need to act fast, common stroke symptoms, how to prevent stroke, and a quick way to know when you need to call for help.

Act FAST When Someone Has a Stroke

How to Act F.A.S.T. when Someone Is Having a Stroke

Food that's good for your body doesn't have to be bad for your wallet. We tapped registered dietitians to explain how to save at the supermarket.

Don't let anyone tell you different: You can eat healthy on a budget. It starts with eating whole foods, not processed, and rethinking your produce options.

Eating Healthy on a Budget

How to Save Money on Groceries and Still Eat Healthy

Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, is a mood disorder that relates to the changing seasons. Most people with SAD experience symptoms in the winter months.

What Is Seasonal Affective Disorder?

What Is Seasonal Affective Disorder & What Can You Do About It?

Although it’s tough to talk about, elder abuse is surprisingly common.

Elder abuse can take many forms — including financial, emotional, physical, and sexual. Here are red flags to watch out for, in your own life and in others’.

What to Know About Elder Abuse

Increasing your range of motion is a medication-free way to relieve soreness and feel better in your own body.

Increasing flexibility can ease soreness related to arthritis, along with other forms of pain in knees, hands, and other joints.

Stretches That Relieve Joint Pain

Staying up late can change your personality and hurt your ability to make good decisions. Here’s what you should know about sleep — including how to get more of it.

Bad sleep habits can make it hard to focus, control your emotions, or make smart decisions. Here’s why — and what you can do to get better sleep tonight.

How Poor Sleep Impacts Your Health

How One Night of Bad Sleep Impairs Your Brain

Hollywood may offer fewer roles to mature actors, but it’s not because they lack talent. Check out these award-winning shows starring veteran performers.

As they age, actors often find that parts dwindle. These shows prove age is just a number when it comes to entertaining.

6 Hit TV Shows Starring Mature Actors

6 Can’t-miss Shows Featuring Older Actors

The sun may be light-years away, but boy, is it powerful. Not only can the sun’s rays leave behind painful burns on your skin, but the long-term effects of sun exposure can be even more harmful.

UV rays are strong, so make your defense stronger. Here’s how to stay safe in the sun with the right protection, from sunscreen to weather awareness.

6 Ways to Stay Safe in the Sun

Vaccines are all about teaching your body how to fight disease BEFORE you get sick.

Between influenza and COVID-19, it’s important to get your flu shot and booster before the flu season gets underway in the United States.

Fall Is Vaccine Season

The HealthCare Marketplace is available for people who don't have health insurance through Medicare or Medicaid.

The  Healthcare Marketplace is available to anyone who needs health insurance  and does not qualify for Medicare or Medicaid. (ACA).

What Is the Healthcare Marketplace?

Spring is in the air, and for a lot of people, that means allergies have arrived, too.

Learn why allergies may get better or worse as you age, simple steps to reduce your symptoms, and the common treatment you shouldn't use if you're 65+.

Why Are My Allergies Changing as I Get Older?

Why are my allergies getting worse with age?

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Whether it’s a matter of distance or health, virtual celebrations are a viable option – and can be a lot of fun with a little planning.

Despite the pandemic waning, virtual holiday celebrations might be here to stay for some people. Here are tips on how to enjoy the holiday season virtually.

Celebrating the Holidays Virtually

7 Tips to Celebrate the Holidays Virtually

As we get older, it's common to develop foot aches and pains, like plantar fasciitis, as well as the occassional corn or callus. Here's how to get relief.

Your Guide to Feel-Good Feet

Quick: What’s the leading cause of vision loss in people over 50? Cataracts? Glaucoma?

Macular degeneration is an age-related eye disease that can blur your central vision. Fortunately, there are a few things you can do to help prevent it.

What Is Macular Degeneration And How Can You Prevent It?

You can have a great time this holiday season and still zip up your pants in January if you follow these 9 tips.

The holidays can be a time of excess. But instead of completely throwing in the towel, try following some more achievable and realistic health goals.

Health Goals for the Holiday Season

9 Totally Doable Health Goals for the Holiday Season

If you’re feeling run down, an energy boost may bring back your natural spark.

There are lots of factors that affect energy levels, from the foods you eat to certain lifestyle habits. There are also many ways to boost it naturally.

How to Boost Your Energy Now

Diagnosing breast cancer early is the key to beating the disease.

When it comes to cancer, early diagnosis is the key to successful treatment. Luckily, Medicare covers mammograms, breast exams, and cancer treatment.

Breast Cancer Awareness: Do You Know the Signs

Your Medicare benefits include a variety of services to help you overcome addiction.

Medicare helps pay for a number of both inpatient and outpatient services to help people recover from addiction to alcohol or drugs.

Is Someone You Love in Recovery? Medicare Can Help.

You can't cure a chronic condition, but you can manage it with healthy lifestyle changes and by working with your doctor.

Living with arthritis presents numerous challenges, particularly when it comes to managing your symptoms. Luckily, there are numerous non-medical options.

Living with Arthritis: Tips to Manage a Chronic Condition

Before COVID-19, opioid overuse was its own pandemic. Unfortunately, that hasn’t changed — but these treatment options can help.

Opioids are still a huge problem, and older adults aren’t immune. Here are some treatments that can help.

Treating Opioid Dependence in Older Adults

How to Find Help for Opioid Dependence at Any Age

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but it turns out a chuckle a day might be just as beneficial.

Laughter not only can improve your mood, but it has been shown to improve heart health, reduce stress, boost your immune system, and reduce chronic pain.

No Joke! Laughter Really Is the Best Medicine

Improving your health literacy helps you advocate for the quality healthcare you deserve.

People with high health literacy have been proven to be healthier and better able to advocate for their own healthcare.

What Is Health Literacy?

Everyone knows good hygiene is the first line of defense against bacteria and viruses, but it’s possible to take it too far. Here’s how to find the right balance.

There’s a fine line between good hygiene and obsessive cleaning behavior. Here’s how to stay on the right side.

Are You Cleaning Too Much?

Learn how to avoid scams and build a happier, more positive community online.

Avoid scams, aggressive marketing, and offensive content: Here’s how to use Facebook like a pro.

How to Be a Better Facebook User

When done correctly, gossip builds strong relationships that are good for your mental and physical health.

Gossip doesn’t have to be mean. Done right, it helps build a rich social world that can help keep you young and may even help your friends.

How Gossip Can Build Relationships and Boost Your Health

Gossip Can Keep You Young. Here’s How to Do It Right.

Research shows how a simple half-hour routine could impact your health and happiness.

It may seem simple, but walking for exercise provides multiple benefits, including improved cognitive function, weight control, and more restful sleep.

6 Ways Your Body Changes When You Walk for 30 Minutes a Day

Eating produce may reduce damaging inflammation in the brain and elsewhere in the body. Here are four delicious ways to enjoy more fruits and vegetables.

Colorful Fruits and Vegetables May Reduce the Risk of Dementia

Do nutrition headlines make your head spin? One day eggs can clog arteries, the next they’re a heart-health champion. Butter is bad for you — now it’s back!

No food is truly off-limits. The key is eating them in moderation. Here’s how to fit your favorite “bad” foods into a healthy, balanced diet.

6 Bad Foods You Should Be Eating

6 Bad Foods That Are Actually Good for You

Every year, more than 1.5 million Americans have a stroke or heart attack.

New recommendations for taking a daily low-dose aspirin to prevent heart attacks and stroke have changed, leaving some older adults confused.

Should I Stop Taking Daily Aspirin?

Though hearing loss is a common problem in older adults, that doesn’t make it an easy thing to cope with. Hearing loss is a huge change in a person’s life and can leave you feeling isolated and frustrated.

Hearing loss is a common problem for older adults. Learn more about symptoms and assistive devices, including hearing aids now available OTC.

How to Cope With Hearing Loss

Do you love coffee? If so, you're not alone. Americans drink about 517 million cups of coffee a day — now that’s a lot of coffee! With all those coffee lovers, it makes sense to wonder whether the stuff is actually good for you, but the latest research is great news for moderate java drinkers.

Coffee has been shown to have lots of health benefits, though people who take certain medications or have certain medical conditions should avoid it.

That Morning Cup of Joe: Friend or Foe?

You might think that PTs are there just to help you recover from injury. But they can also help you find relief from common pains and ailments.

From headaches to constipation, here are some surprising reasons to see a physical therapist.

Physical Therapy Can Do More Than Treat Injuries

3 Surprising Conditions Your Physical Therapist Can Treat

A yearly comprehensive medication review can save you from harmful side effects. This is what you need to know.

This one-on-one visit with your pharmacist or doctor to review the medications and supplements you take helps catch dangerous drug interactions.

Why You Should Schedule a Comprehensive Medication Review

Are Your Medications Interacting with One Another?

Aging well may mean adding a few new tests to your checkups.

These five health tests may not be part of your routine checkups—but maybe they should be.

5 Important Screening Tests for Older Adults

5 Health Screenings You Want to Ask Your Doctor About

If you want to actually achieve your New Year's resolutions, you need to plan ahead. Here's how.

Over 90% of people fail to achieve their New Year's resolutions. You can be one of the successful ones by setting SMART goals and changing your thinking.

8 Tips to Help You Keep Your New Years Resolutions

Choosing a multivitamin from the sea of options is no easy task. Use these expert tips to find the best one for you.

Not all multivitamins are created equal. What's more, our needs change with age. These expert tips explain the right ratio of nutrients for older adults.

Confused About Multivitamins? Here’s How to Choose the Best One for You

What Should Older Adults Look for in a Multivitamin?

You can ask your voice assistant to set medication reminders, monitor your health data, and more.

You can ask your smartphone or speaker to set reminders, refill meds, monitor health data, and more.

How Your Voice Assistant Can Improve Your Health

4 Ways Your Smart Speaker Can Help You Manage Your Health

Strength training isn’t just about looking buff. For older adults, it has major health benefits. Here’s how to get started safely.

Strength training can prevent age-related muscle loss and reduce your risk of chronic disease. And it’s never too late to start.

Weightlifting for Older Adults: How to Get Started

How to Start Lifting Weights When You’re Over 60

Do you need to express more gratitude in your life? You might, if only for your own well-being.

Practicing gratitude has been shown to have positive effects on your health and well-being, including better sleep, healthier hearts, and less pain.

Giving Thanks Can Make You Happier, Healthier

The only eligibility requirement for SilverSneakers is belonging to a Medicare Advantage plan that offers the benefit.

The only way to get SilverSneakers, the fitness program designed for the 65+ crowd, is to join a Medicare Advantage plan that covers the program.

What Are the SilverSneakers Eligibility Requirements?

You know the old saying: An apple a day keeps the doctor away. But really, replace that apple with any sort of fruit (an orange, a mango, a pear, strawberries, you get the idea) and you’ll still get loads of health benefits.

From planning ahead to remembering to “eat the rainbow,” there are lots of ways to add fruit into your diet – and lots of health reasons to do it.

6 Ways to Get More Fruit into Your Diet

People often talk about “finding love.” But that's just the start. After that, the work begins — and the payoffs can last a lifetime.

Couples with 40-plus years of marriage success share the secrets to relationships that last.

How to Make Marriage Last for Decades

3 Couples Share the Secrets to 40-Plus Years of Marriage

Are the men in your life — whether it’s your dad, husband, or friends — stubborn as can be? Do they refuse to go to the doctor despite nagging pains or ailments? It’s not an uncommon scenario. Many older people are wary of doctors. And compared to women, men are less likely to go for their yearly checkups and be on top of their routine screenings.

It's not uncommon for men to avoid the doctor, even if they feel sick. If a man in your life is reluctant to go, try one of these ways to convince him.

When the Man in Your Life Won’t Go to the Doctor

Your daily diet affects your energy, immune system, and brainpower. So we asked dietitians to guide us through 24 hours of ideal eating.

The Mediterranean diet has proved to be the best option for disease prevention. Here’s what a one-day meal plan looks like.

This Is a Perfect Day of Nutrition

What Does a Perfect Day of Eating Really Look Like?

We all know it by now — smoking cigarettes is among the worst habits for your health. But, even knowing this, kicking butts is still a tough thing to do.

Quitting smoking is tough to do, but it’s not impossible. Learn some tips to help you kick the habit, and find out how Medicare can help you do it.

9 Tips to Quit Smoking (And How Medicare Can Help)

Hobbies can boost your brainpower and bring joy to your daily life. Here’s how to get started.

If you want to keep your brain strong as you age, you need to exercise it daily. Here’s how.

7 Hobbies That Will Boost Your Brainpower

Why You Need a Hobby — Plus 7 You Can Master Right Now

Do you have knee pain? As an older adult, it’s not uncommon to suffer from knee osteoarthritis. In fact, osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis in adults over the age of 50, affecting some 32.5 million Americans. The risk of developing osteoarthritis increases as we age.

A new study found that walking for exercise is a great way to reduce knee pain in people 50 and older who have been diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis.

Healthy Knees Could Be Just a Walk Away

New guidelines suggest that a glass a day may not be as beneficial as we once thought. Here’s what you need to know.

Wondering how much beer, wine, or whiskey is too much? The experts used to recommend no more than 1 to 2 drinks per day, but there's new research.

How Much Alcohol Is Safe to Drink?

How Much Alcohol Can You Drink as Part of a Healthy Diet?

With Americans enjoying longer lifespans than ever before, the need for long-term care planning is also greater than ever.

A long-term care plan helps ensure you have the control you want over your life, no matter what happens - and it's never too early to start planning.

How To Create A Long-Term Care Plan

Financial instability can have a negative impact on your heart and brain. It can even lead to physical pain. So, what are you doing about it?

Studies show that debt and money stress can lead to physical health problems, among other things. Here’s how to take control of your finances.

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