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The coming longevity gap battle
The next battlefield for the haves and have-nots won’t be money. It will be life itself. The conflict will start as more people understand that the well-off enjoy significantly longer lives than people who aren’t so fortunate. The difference in years…
9 retirement savings tax tips
You might be able to muddle through retirement without knowing each and every line of Uncle Sam’s tax code. But you’ll likely give the federal government more than its fair share of your nest egg if you don’t know what…
Disability Council Applauds Increased Availability of Accessible Prescription Drug Label Information
The National Council on Disability (NCD), that advises the President, Congress and other federal agencies on disability policy, welcomes the settlement agreement between CVS/pharmacy and the American Council of the Blind, the California Council of the Blind and the American…
The other Social Security battle: the squeeze on customer service
If you want to understand the fight over Social Security’s future, look no further than your annual benefit statement – if you can find one. The Social Security Administration stopped mailing annual statements in 2011 in a budget-cutting move that saves…
Obama’s budget plans bad for some 401(k) savers
President Obama’s proposed budget for 2015 would be a disaster for the millions of Americans who are under- prepared for retirement. This plan would reduce the tax incentives for employers to offer retirement plans to their employees. Let’s examine the backdrop. Our…
Can Congress Put An End To Annual Medicare Payment Ritual?
Congress is still searching for money to avoid a 24 percent cut in pay for doctors who treat Medicare patients. But seniors are already paying their share of the cost in premiums, as if the pay cut — scheduled to kick…
Social Security: A Statement of the (Not So) Obvious
It’s a benefit you’ve been purchasing your entire working life, but like legions of other Americans, you may not be aware of exactly what you’ve bought and, more importantly, the options and strategies you have for redeeming it. To be…
Want to end poverty?
The 50th anniversary of the “War on Poverty” has raised attention to the need to again address poverty as a public issue — of concern to the country’s future.Measured in terms of senior poverty, the War on Poverty produced results.…
Five strategies to get the most Social Security
President Barack Obama wants to eliminate, as part of his proposed fiscal year 2015 budget, aggressive Social Security claiming strategies “which allow upper-income beneficiaries to manipulate the timing of collection of Social Security benefits to maximize delayed retirement credits.” Now, that…
Unemployment Extension Vote Will Be A Nail-Biter
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will have no margin for error when he brings a new bill reauthorizing unemployment benefits to the Senate floor for a vote this month. Five Republican senators have signed on to the measure, which would…