Medicare Confusion? Get the Facts Before It Hits You (or Your Parents)

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NerdWallet Personal Finance

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Learn how to reassess Medicare coverage during open enrollment and get the latest on interest rates, home sales, and stock prices. How can you know if you have the right amount of Medicare coverage? How can you change your Medicare coverage? Hosts Sean Pyles and Anna Helhoski dive into the latest findings on Medicare coverage from a new NerdWallet survey conducted by the Harris Poll. Personal Finance Nerd Elizabeth Ayoola joins to discuss what Medicare enrollees can do if they’re unsure whether they’ve chosen the right plan. The Nerds explain what Medicare users can do to reassess their coverage during open enrollment, which starts October 15, and how to navigate special enrollment periods when life changes occur. In addition to the Medicare survey, Sean and Anna cover key financial headlines from the week, including the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower interest rates, the latest trends in home sales trends, and what the new SEC rules that will allow stock prices to be quoted in half-cent increments mean for the average trader. NerdWallet's free retirement calculator will tell you where you are now and how much you need to save to reach your retirement savings goal: https://www.nerdwallet.com/calculator/retirement-calculator In their conversation, the Nerds discuss: Medicare open enrollment, interest rate cut, home sales trends, Medicare coverage, stock market changes, housing market news, real estate trends, special enrollment period, stock market updates, interest rate impact, mortgage rates, retirement planning, healthcare costs, financial headlines, Fed interest rate decision, real estate market, Medicare options, retirement savings, Medicare advantage, stock market tips, financial news, and retirement income. To send the Nerds your money questions, call or text the Nerd hotline at 901-730-6373 or email [email protected]. Like what you hear? Please leave us a review and tell a friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.5	Welcome to NerdWallets Smart Money podcast. I'm Sean Piles.
0:39.4	And I'm Onahil Hoski.
0:41.1	And this is our weekly Money News Roundup, where we break down the latest in the world of finance to help you be smarter with your money.
0:47.7	We'll go deep into a single topic and then leave you with the latest money headlines.
0:52.1	Today, we're digging into what people think about their
0:54.2	Medicare coverage with findings from a new NerdWallet survey conducted in July by the Harris poll.
0:59.5	That's right, Sean. And there were a few findings from the report that are key indicators of
1:04.0	sentiment. Today, we're speaking with Elizabeth Ayola, a personal finance writer here at NerdWallet,
1:09.0	to discuss the result. Elizabeth has over 10 years of experience writing for outlets, including Debt.com,
1:15.2	Essence magazine, and Pop Sugar.
1:17.1	Her work has also been featured in the Associated Press, NASDAQ, The Washington Post, and others.
1:22.9	Elizabeth, welcome to Smart Money.
1:24.6	I'm happy to be here.
1:25.8	It's one of my favorite places to be.
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