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In 2026, fixed annuity rates are near their highest in years, and more Greensboro and Piedmont retirees are asking whether a fixed annuity is a safe home for money they cannot afford to lose. This plain-English guide covers how a MYGA works, what you can lock in this year, whether fixed annuities are safe, how they compare to a CD, and when a fixed annuity is the wrong choice.
Original Medicare covers almost no routine dental, vision, or hearing care, and nearly every Medicare Advantage plan offers all three. So availability is rarely the real question. Here is what Original Medicare pays, the four exceptions people miss, and how to find your own plan's actual caps and cost sharing.
Medicare covers home health care, and for covered services the beneficiary pays nothing. The hard part is getting through the door: a two-part homebound test, a need for skilled care that is part-time or intermittent, and a provider's order behind it.
Every fall, your Medicare plan mails you an Annual Notice of Change (ANOC) listing exactly what is changing for the coming year. Here is how to read your 2027 notice before Annual Enrollment opens on October 15, plus what is actually changing across Medicare for 2027.
