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PHILADELPHIA -- As a general rule, Sam Marshall is not used to drawing a crowd.

At 70 years old, with glasses and a plop of silver hair, the Haverford, Pennsylvania, grandfather is a semiretired regulatory lawyer with a fondness for trains and the print version of the Wall Street Journal.

Yet, there he was last month, at a wedding in Big Sky, ...Read more

Dear Toni:

I need your assistance to enroll in Medicare because I am past 65 and still working full-time with employer benefits. Sherry, the office manager from my cancer doctor’s office, said that my employer’s health plan denied the recent claim for my cancer treatment. The health plan considers it to be “experimental” and will not ...Read more

Dear Toni,

I’m stressed about what I need to do to enroll in Medicare because I am turning 65 in November and am not receiving my Social Security check since I am still working part-time with no employer benefits; I only have individual health insurance. I need my Medicare and Part D plan to begin Nov. 1.

I’m concerned about...Read more

With its world-famous theme parks, aquatic attractions and entertainment, Orlando has always known how to dazzle. But The City Beautiful can be quietly seductive, too, weaving a spell through gardens, art, intimate music venues and unexpected indulgences.

For couples, Orlando is a destination that balances whimsy with sophistication, ...Read more

Enough time had passed since the patient’s previous colonoscopy that she met the criteria to undergo another, said Steven Itzkowitz, a gastroenterologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.

She was in “reasonably good health,” and the risks of the procedure — bleeding, reaction to anesthesia, perforation of her ...Read more

Dear Toni,

My parents went into a local independent living facility, and I have received an email from the facility’s executive director with information detailing how to draw up an emergency evacuation plan. The executive director asked that those living in the facility submit a personal Emergency Evacuation Plan by June 1 ...Read more

Hello Toni:

Since you deal with Social Security matters related to Medicare, maybe you can help me, because on April 20, I received an email stating that I am to receive a $200 monthly increase in my Social Security check, which will be $2,400 for the year. I am hesitant to reply to the current emails that I am receiving because ...Read more

Hello Toni:

My question is: I understand that I am not able to change to a Medicare Advantage plan and have to wait until the enrollment time in the fall. I have a Medicare Supplement Plan F that renewed in March for $422 a month and am searching on medicare.gov for a Medicare Advantage plan that covers my ...Read more

Dear Toni:

My mother, Doris, had a heart attack in February and was in the hospital for over a week, with a short stay in a skilled nursing facility until she regained her strength. She needed additional care at home, and her cardiologist ordered home health with a nurse who comes to her apartment at the assisted living facility only once a ...Read more

Toni,

I am not sure if I have enrolled in Medicare the right way because I am being charged a Medicare premium of $768 a month beginning June 1 since I turn 65 on June 14. My friend Sue told me that I am being overcharged because she is paying $202.90 a month. I followed how she enrolled in Medicare by going online...Read more