Four Medicare Misconceptions

The federal Medicare program is popular among older Americans, but that doesn't mean it's easy to navigate. Medicare is a complex web of health benefits serving more than 46 million seniors and disabled people. It's easy to get confused, says Joe Baker, president of the Medicare Rights Center in New York. For instance, because the age to collect full Social Security benefits "is moving up to age 67, a lot of folks think Medicare eligibility has changed as well, but it hasn't," he says. "It's still at 65." Here are four common Medicare misconceptions: 1. Medicare works like private health...