The Alzheimer's blood test, now cleared

What "cleared" means, who it's for, and the one thing it can't do.

The Medicare Sales Rules Change October 1 — Two Weeks Before Open Enrollment

Two weeks before open enrollment, the rules about how plans can sell to you get looser.

Medicare Turns 61 This Week — and It Still Isn't Finished

Your Family Doctor Can Now Diagnose Alzheimer's Nearly as Well as a Specialist

ALSO: what salsa dancing did for 1,065 memories, and the two Moon landings one generation watched

Medicaid's New Work Rules Exempt You — Here's Why That Isn't Enough

ALSO: what the "Ozempic slows aging" headlines left out, and the 16 hours that raised $100 million

Why You'll Get Two SSI Deposits This Month and None in August

ALSO: the $6,000 tax break that doesn't apply itself, and four minutes that beat an hour at the gym

Medicare's $50 GLP-1 Bridge Starts July 1 — and Social Security Garnishment Was Set to Restart

ALSO: the $50 that doesn't count toward your cap, and a scam that uses your lost dog

A Yale Study Found Nearly Half of Older Adults Improved — Not Declined

ALSO: the walking test that predicts more than most bloodwork, and why the latest sunset hasn't happened yet

Long-Term Care Costs Are Outrunning Retirement Income — What That Means for Your Family

ALSO: the blood pressure finding nobody expected, and why Father's Day took 58 extra years

What the 2026 Trustees Report Actually Says About Your Social Security Check

ALSO: the "prove you're human" box that isn't, and an 80-year-old who waited 53 years

An Old Student Loan Can Garnish Your Social Security in July

Starting July 1, the government can take up to 15% of a defaulted borrower's check — here's the short window to stop it.

Medicare Just Crossed $200 — Here's Who Doesn't Have to Pay It

Plus: the multivitamin that slowed aging, the toll-text scam, and the Yale study on getting better with age.

Your doctor can prescribe a book club

ALSO: skip the $60 longevity pills, and the pickleball injury nobody warns about

$2,431/mo your parents may be missing

ALSO: a $2,000 drug cap that just kicked in, and the conversation Mom actually wants

10,000 veterans lost their homes. Here's why.

ALSO: the grocery store scam you won't see coming

The first weight-loss pill Medicare might cover

ALSO: check your medicine cabinet — 3 drug recalls in March

The nursing home rule that just disappeared

ALSO: Medicare will cover weight-loss drugs at $50/mo

The free apps my parents actually kept

Plus: the $30 cabinet fix that cost $927, and a tax deadline you don't want to miss

AI can clone your grandchild’s voice now

Plus: the Medicare surcharge nobody warns you about

What the 2026 Social Security changes mean

ALSO: solo travel after 60 — a guide for women

The scam text that got smarter in 2026

Plus: free apps your phone is missing

AI tools that actually help (not hype)

Plus: making friends after 60 is harder than it should be

Medicare Part B went up — here’s by how much

Plus: what Presidents’ Day means for your bank

Love after 60 looks different (and better)

Plus: Valentine’s ideas that don’t cost $100