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Social Security must preserve face-to-face services
As Baby Boomers reach retirement age, more and more Americans today are receiving Social Security benefits. Yet, despite this substantial increase in caseload, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is actually closing field offices. In the past five years, the SSA…
Women must know what to expect from Social Security
Everyone needs to be aware of the financial resources they will have available in retirement. But if you’re a woman, you must be particularly diligent, for a variety of reasons. And that means you’ll need to know just what to…
Ready or Not, Obamacare Could Alter Medicare Advantage Plans As We Know Them
It’s been a little more than nine months since state and federally run health insurance exchanges opened for business, and we’re still largely at the point where everyone involved, from consumers all the way up to the insurance companies themselves,…
Social Security: Retirement is a big decision
If you believe in going all the way or not going at all, there’s a day to celebrate your extreme ways. July 26 is All or Nothing Day. Not a day for the undecided, All or Nothing Day is dedicated…
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A successful retirement will not necessarily look the same for everyone. What excites one retiree may bore another. Retirement is simply having the freedom to pursue what is most closely aligned with your interests. Here are a few ideas to…
What’s the theme song for your retirement years?
Ever get a song stuck in your head that won’t stop playing? Next time that happens to you, rather than just being annoyed by it, try using the song to inspire you. Music can give us the motivation or solace…
OMB to reward employees who receive positive customer service reviews
Federal workers with positive public reviews could be in line to receive awards. The Office of Management and Budget along with the Social Security Administration released an update to the cross-agency goals June 30. Among them is a push to…
Retirement inspiration from Winston Churchill
Can you imagine being laid off from a job you really liked at age 54, followed by 10 years of career stagnation, only to get the job you had really wanted at age 65? Suppose further being laid off again…
Retirement communities offer independence, but not all boomers are ready
Many baby boomers aren’t ready for retirement – much less a retirement community. And some in this independent and free-spirited generation are indignant about even discussing the idea of someone so young moving to a community of, well, old people. “Too busy…
Reader View: Reform Social Security — don’t procrastinate
On August 14, 1935, President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. Five years later, Ida Fuller of Ludlow, Vt., was the first American to receive a monthly check, amounting to $12.54. Today, Social Security provides about $863 billion in…