Your 2026 Medicare Master Class
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Suze Orman's Women & Money (And Everyone Smart Enough To Listen)
44 min
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7 chapters
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What is the purpose of this Suze Orman “Medicare Master Class” and why should listeners care?
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September twenty-seventh, two thousand and twenty-six. Welcome everybody to the Women in Money Podcast and everybody smart enough to listen. Today is Suzy School. So therefore, get out your Susie notebooks because you're going to need to write a lot of things down. This is a very, very serious lesson that many of you out there really need to pay attention to. But before I get to that, I just want to remind everybody, October 3rd and 4th is coming up. in Glendale, California at the Alex Theater, where there will be an incredible two day event, the Empower event, celebrating the hundredth birthday, if she were still alive, of Louise Hay, who really was one of the most and is still, in my opinion, extraordinary women you ever would have met in your life or wanted to meet.
However, if you cannot attend in person, we are streaming the event. So if you just go to Susie S-U-Z-E, Susie Orman dot com slash empower E-M-P-O-W-E-R. You can still buy a ticket there if you want to attend in person. However, we are streaming it. Over 10,000 of you have already signed up for it. It will be free if we stream it, obviously. Therefore, don't miss out. Are we ready to begin? Today Susie's school. I'm talking about Medicare. That's right, Medicare. And there's a very specific reason why I am doing this Susie school right now. October fifteenth through December seventh, Medicare has opened enrollment. That is only approximately 18 days away. But I don't know when you listen to the podcast. I don't know, do you wait a few days and then you listen to it?
So I wanted to give you plenty of time to make sure that you listen to this particular episode of this podcast. you write everything down that pertains to you and that you really take in everything I'm about to teach you. Now, listen, if you're already on Medicare, I do not want you to think, but Susie, I already have Medicare. I don't need to listen to this. Really, everybody? Because you may be the person who needs to listen to it the most. Because you gotta get this, everybody. Medicare is not necessarily something you choose once and then you forget about it for the rest of your life. Your plan can Change, your prescription drug coverage can change, your premiums can change, your deductibles and other costs can change, your doctors can change networks, your medications can change, and your own financial situation can change.
There is not a year that goes by that Katie and I don't go through it in great detail. What worked for you this year may not necessarily. necessarily be what you want for next year. And for those of you who are not 65 yet, well I want you to listen as well. Because there are decisions you can make before you ever enroll in Medicare that can affect what Medicare eventually costs you. Today I want to answer four questions that I think you need to know the answers to. Number one, if I already have Medicare, what should I be doing during open enrollment? two. When do I actually have to enroll in Medicare? Three. What happens if I'm still working at sixty-five and contributing to an HSA? Which is a health savings account, everybody.
And four Why can two people with Medicare pay dramatically different amounts for essentially the same P coverage? That last question will bring us to something called Irma, I R M A A. And that stands for the income related monthly adjusted amount. And by the time today Susie School is over, all of you are going to understand exactly what that means. Are you ready? Let's begin. Now, before I can talk about this, I have to make sure that you all know what Medicare is. So, therefore, what you have to get is this: Medicare has all these letters A, B, C, and D.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the purpose of this Suze Orman “Medicare Master Class” and why should listeners care?
0:00–6:28
2
Why is the October 15 – December 7 open enrollment period critical for current Medicare members?
6:28–13:33
3
What are the four essential Medicare questions Suze answers in this episode?
13:33–20:47
4
How do Medicare Parts A and B work and what costs should beneficiaries expect?
20:47–28:23
5
What is IRMA (Income‑Related Monthly Adjustment Amount) and how does it affect Part B and Part D premiums?
28:23–35:46
6
When should you consider Medicare Advantage (Part C) and what should you review before enrolling?
35:46–42:39
7
How do Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) interact with Medicare enrollment and what are the timing rules?
42:39–44:14