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A Fair Plan For Fairer Drug Prices
(By Scott Gottlieb and Kavita Patel for Health Affairs Blog posted July 11, 2016) As the biological basis of more diseases are fully revealed, and the drugs targeting medical problems become more focused and effective, more patients are finding themselves…
Using Retirement Income Calculators – Some Things to Think About
Forbes contributor Olivia Mitchell and John A. Turner of the Pension Policy Center take a look at the use of Retirement Income Calculators to help you assess your financial future, and point out some of the pitfalls you need to be…
Full Committee on Ways and Means Markup to Address Social Security-related Matters
The House of Representatives’ Full Committee on Ways and Means Markup will deliberate tomorrow (July 13) on several key matters, several of which have direct relevance to seniors: Sustaining Healthcare Integrity and Fair Treatment Act (H.R. 5713), Expanding Seniors Receiving Dialysis (ESRD) Choice…
How do we compare?
With so much press circulating about America’s impending “retirement crisis,” it’s often easy to lose sight of the plight of seniors in their later years worldwide. In an article posted on www.motherjones.com, columnist Kevin Drum takes a look at how the Organization…
Starting Social Security Benefits Early
There are many reasons to start taking benefits at 62, there are also many reasons not to and to wait until later. The correct course of action for you might not be the correct thing for someone else. This is…
Financing Your Retirement
There are many questions to ask yourself when you are nearing retirement. The most important of which revolve around your finances. Many American’s have very little saved for retirement, and some don’t have any savings at all. This has come…
Women in their retirement years–a gloomy picture?
The National Institute of Retirement Security (NIRS) recently published a set of unpleasant scenarios facing American women in their retirement years. Whether it’s the cumulative impact of the gender pay gap issue, or the need to deal with other life priorities…
More Q&A on Spousal Benefits
One of them more frequently questioned areas in Social Security planning continues to be the issue of “spousal benefits” and how to make decisions on when and how to claim. In an article posted on www.usatoday.com, Retirement Weekly editor Robert Powell tackles…
The “retirement guessing game”
There are a number of variables associated with the question of how much money one needs to retire, not the least of which is what type of retirement lifestyle you want to have. In an article published by Chuck Saletta on www.foxbusiness.com,…
AMAC: New Effort to Make Lifesaving Pharmaceuticals Affordable and Available
A newly proposed bill would make it easier for generic drug makers to produce affordable, lifesaving pharmaceuticals. And, the Association of Mature American Citizens is urging swift passage for the bi-partisan measure. Read more…