Why Doesn’t Medicare Pay for Long Term Care?

  Toni:             Recently in your Medicare column, you discussed home healthcare for the elderly. I would like to know about Long Term Care. I always thought Medicare covered long term care but now I am finding out I was totally wrong.               My mother has...

Why Doesn’t Medicare Cover Glasses or Dental?

 Toni,              Will be eligible for Medicare this year and trying to compare Medicare to my company benefits? I think that I understand the alphabet soup for Medicare, i.e.  Parts A, B and D. Why doesn’t Medicare cover eye glasses/vision benefits or dental work?...