Repeat Medicare fraud offender Vicente Gonzalez Acosta played supporting roles in two Miami-based schemes that cost the federal insurance program tens of millions of dollars, U.S. authorities say.

Medicare's annual open enrollment period for health plans and prescription drug coverage runs until Dec. 7. Experts say it's worthwhile for Medicare's 67.8 million beneficiaries to make sure they ...

In Florida, Miami-Dade has the highest Medicare enrollments in the state. And the rates have been climbing steadily over the last 10 years, especially as the population ages.