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Short answer: Sometimes, but not always. Moving from Original Medicare into a Medicare Advantage plan takes one phone call. You can go back to Original Medicare during certain enrollment periods, but buying a Medigap policy again can mean answering questions about your health. Medicare.gov says that outside your Medigap Open Enrollment Period, "there's no federal guarantee that an insurance company will sell you a Medigap policy" unless you have a guaranteed issue right (Medi

By Sean Smith and Bridget Smith, co-founders of Power Couple Media and Certified Dementia Trainers If your parent gets a call in your voice asking for money, the first move is the same every time: hang up and call you back on a number they already have. Before that call ever comes, agree on a family safe word (the FBI recommends one), and make one rule: never pay with a gift card, wire or crypto. The FTC puts its advice in four words: don't trust the voice. This is the compan

About 63 million Americans gave ongoing care last year. Research says the anger tracks the hard days, not the person.