AARP not always best deal for seniors (Los Angeles Times)
A financial planner says the senior advocacy group's offerings can be more costly than those available elsewhere. When financial planner Andrew Tignanelli's clients first came to him saying that they were planning to buy financial products from AARP, he said he was thrilled. He assumed that the products the group sold to its members, whether TVs or financial products such as insurance or ...

Study: Premiums for Medicare drug plans jumping 8.7% (USA Today)
Many seniors and the disabled enrolled in the Medicare drug program are likely to pay more next year, with the average premium for all stand-alone drug plans rising 8.7% to $40 a month, according to data released late Thursday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.