We have until Dec. 7 to make final decisions about our Medicare plans. Many of us will decide to stay with what we have.

By now you should have received your Medicare & You book for 2019. Have you thumbed through it yet? There are a few changes. Some of those changes include charts and lists to help us in making decisions.

For those who’ve had a stroke or who have end stage renal disease, we can talk to our medical staff via telehealth.

The doughnut hole — that period in our Medicare Part D prescription plan when we have to cover drug costs — was due to expire in 2020, but now there’s an important change. For 2019 the hole will end for brand name

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