Turning 65 can be daunting in more ways than one. For many North Carolinians, the weeks before their birthday are accompanied by a deluge of advertisements and mailings for various Medicare plans. The ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Social Security and Medicare. They're both government programs, they both are available to you when you're in your 60s, but only one of them-- you HAVE to sign up for. And when I ...

You may first sign up for Medicare during a period that begins 3 months before your 65th birthday and ends 3 months afterward. There are other set enrollment periods throughout the year where you may ...

Potential penalties: If you don’t enroll in Medicare Part A at age 65 and neglect to sign up within eight months of stopping work or losing employer coverage (whichever comes first), you may have to ...

Most people I know are looking forward to signing up for Medicare just as soon as they can. When you're first eligible for Medicare, you have a seven-month Initial Enrollment Period to sign up for ...