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 ...

A Medicare flex card is a prepaid debit card you can use for certain health costs. You can typically use the cards for things like doctor office copays, healthy food and over-the-counter health items ...

Leading up to and during the open enrollment period for Medicare each year, usually between Oct. 15 and Dec. 7, seniors are bombarded with online ads promoting benefits offered by private plans. For ...

When Pam O’Neill underwent a total knee replacement, her Medicare Advantage plan picked up nearly all the costs. But one aspect of her coverage surprised her. “I get $250 per quarter to spend on a ...

ATLANTA — Grocery cards, gas money, golf lessons. Entry fees for social clubs. Hunting licenses or park passes. Cold hard cash. Those are just some of the incentives now being pitched to the elderly ...

Medicare’s open enrollment period began Oct. 15, and will end on Dec. 7. Each year, during the lead-up to the open enrollment period, VERIFY readers send us questions about ads they see that claim to ...

A person must be eligible for Medicare and be enrolled in a plan that offers over-the-counter (OTC) benefits to qualify for a Medicare OTC card. Medicare is a federal health insurance program that is ...

According to the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), 30 percent of Medicare users won't use their Medicare Advantage over-the-counter (OTC) funds by the end of the year. This could result ...