The best time to think about your parents' Medicare is when they're healthy. Medical care becomes a bigger part of life as we age and having a Plan B for managing that care is necessary to ensure your ...

If you have a child over 18, have they appointed a health care proxy? Should it be you? Shawnee Baker hopes you consider this: In 2018, her 19-year-old daughter Baylie Grogan was a conscientious ...

Nearly 90 percent of upstate New Yorkers say it is important to appoint someone to make medical decisions for them if they become incapacitated, but only 42 percent have designated a health care proxy ...