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Medicare Guide

The enrollment period has started and there are new options to look at. Seniors have until Dec. 7 to choose.
2022 Medicare Guide: It’s enrollment time for Florida seniors
The enrollment period has started and there are new options to look at. Seniors have until Dec. 7 to choose.
See Medicare Advantage plans with drug coverage here
See standalone drug plans here
Florida’s seniors are still vulnerable to COVID-19. Here’s what they can do to stay safe from the virus.
2022 Medicare Guide: How Florida seniors can stay safe from COVID
Florida’s seniors are still vulnerable to COVID-19. Here’s what they can do to stay safe from the virus.
The Medicare enrollment period has started. Time to look for the plans that best fit your health and financial needs.
2022 Medicare Guide: The Times helps get you ready for enrollment
The Medicare enrollment period has started. Time to look for the plans that best fit your health and financial needs.
Good planning now can help retirees navigate their health care options can control their future medical costs.
2022 Medicare Guide: 4 ways to manage retirement health care costs
Good planning now can help retirees navigate their health care options can control their future medical costs.

Medicare.gov

You can shop at this US government site for drug plans (Part D) and Medicare Advantage Plans.
Medicare.gov — Find a Medicare plan
You can shop at this US government site for drug plans (Part D) and Medicare Advantage Plans.

Health

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    Yesterday• Health
    The crowd watches as Travis Scott performs at Astroworld Festival at NRG park on Friday in Houston. Several people died and numerous others were injured in what officials described as a surge of the crowd at the music festival. Most major events happen without a death, of course, but experts say they see common traits within the tragedies
  2. Confused about which COVID booster to get? This guide will help.
    Yesterday• Health
    Activity program coordinator Beatriz Alcantara holds a frightened Ellen Spiegel as pharmacy tech Kimberly Singletary administers her COVID-19 booster vaccination at Belmont Village Senior Living Fort Lauderdale on Oct. 27.
  5. Biden vaccine mandates face first test with federal workers
    Nov. 7• Health
    President Joe Biden receives a booster vaccination shot for COVID-19 in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Complex on Sept. 27 in Washington, D.C.
  6. California’s COVID-19 case rate now twice Florida’s
    Nov. 7• Florida
    California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, receives a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster shot from California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly on Oct. 27 at Asian Health Services in Oakland.
  7. Federal appeals court stays vaccine mandate on large businesses
    Nov. 6• Health
    A New Orleans court temporarily halted the vaccine mandate for all employees at companies with more than 100 workers must get COVID-19 vaccinations by Jan. 4.
  8. Julian Carter was Baker Acted 44 times. Without proper care, he died at 11.
    Nov. 6• Health
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  9. Flu cases spike at FSU and Florida A&M
    Nov. 6• Florida
    CVS is one place offering free flu shots, but many FAMU students are not willing to get a flu shot or a COVID-19 vaccine.
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    Nov. 5• Health
    Florida's weekly coronavirus numbers.
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    Nov. 5• Health
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    Nov. 5• Health
    Pfizer says its experimental pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90 percent among patients with mild-to-moderate infections.
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