An updated guide to timing, parts, costs and coordination so you don’t get stuck with penalties or surprises at 65.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is changing how you apply for new benefits and update your direct deposit information. After some pushback, the timeline for implementing the changes has been ...

Dear Toni: I had no problem opening a My Social Security account to enroll in Medicare because I knew those answers. But filling out the application for Medicare was another story. I had a problem ...

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I had no problem opening the "My Social Security" account to enroll in Medicare because I knew those answers. When it came to filling out the application for Medicare that was another story. I had a ...

I had no problem opening the “My Social Security” account to enroll in Medicare because I knew those answers. When it came to filling out the application for Medicare that was another story. I had a ...