SS COLA 2.8% for 2019 The Social Security Administration has announced that the cost-of-living adjustment for 2019 will be 2.8 percent, which is in line with a recent estimate. The… read more →

From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Medicare beneficiaries getting their first detailed look at 2019 health plan options are seeing a lot more zeros — as in health plans with no monthly… read more →

Via The Hill: Insurers in the individual market performed better financially in the first six months of 2018 than they have in all of the years of the Affordable Care… read more →

News from MNSure: MNsure 2019 open enrollment runs November 1, 2018, through January 13, 2019. To get ready, we recommend taking these three simple steps now: 1. Verify your username… read more →

Via the Associated Press: Caring for an older loved one is a balancing act, and a new poll shows that too often it’s the caregivers’ health that’s neglected. The survey,… read more →

Via NBC News and the New England Journal of Medicine: For decades, a daily dose of aspirin has been widely considered a way to protect healthy people from cardiovascular disease… read more →

Via the St. Paul Pioneer Press/Grand Rapids Herald-Reivew As many as 300,000 Minnesota seniors have some potentially confusing health insurance shopping to do this fall.Their Medicare Cost plans, offered by… read more →

From EurekAlert and the Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine: A new study reveals a growing trend of potentially unnecessary – and harmful – high intensity rehabilitation services for… read more →

Via Kaiser Health News: Hospice workers would be allowed to destroy patients’ unneeded opioids, reducing the risk that families misuse them, according to one little-noticed provision in the bipartisan opioids… read more →

If you are thinking of setting up a college savings account for children or grandchildren, you should be aware that Minnesota taxpayers have the option of claiming either a tax… read more →