Flex cards are prepaid debit cards that some Medicare Advantage plans give you. Many companies, including AARP/UnitedHealthcare, Cigna and Humana, offer flex cards on at least some of their plans. But ...

For the past few years, many of these ads have been about “Medicare Flex Cards,” such as this Facebook ad. Ivette emailed us to ask if advertisements about flex cards are real. Medicare is ...

But one aspect of her coverage surprised her. “I get $250 per quarter to spend on a flex card," says O'Neill, 73, who lives in Wayland, Massachusetts. "That’s a lot of money, but I can’t use ...