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If you have a chronic illness, you know that the proper care can be expensive and, in many cases, lifelong. Here's how to get the healthcare you need in retirement.

Getting access to your parents' Medicare or Medicare Advantage accounts is easiest when they're healthy. But you still have options if they are incapacitated.

Medicare Advantage plans are paid more for sicker members and less for healthier members, which provides an incentive for MA plans to report as many diagnoses as legitimately possible.

Since the mid-2000s, the Medicare system has dramatically transformed. Enrollment in Medicare Advantage – the private alternative to the traditional Medicare program administered by the government – has more than quadrupled. It now accounts for the majority of Medicare enrollment.

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If confirmed, Oz would be responsible for the agency that oversees health care coverage for 160 million Americans.

Healthcare is one of the biggest concerns for older Americans, yet too many seniors make costly mistakes when choosing their plans.

Once a proponent of Medicare Advantage plans, Oz vowed Friday to go after those plans if they unfairly raise costs for the government.

Mehmet Oz will likely face questions during his confirmation hearing about his past support of expanding the Medicare Advantage program.