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Make Sure You Get All You Can from Social Security
Entering in to retirement can be a pretty hectic time, there are many things that you have to make sure of. You have to make sure all of your plans are coming together as you laid them out and you…
New Ways to Vacation in Retirement
Baby Boomers are by far the most active generation in retirement. They are traveling more, going out more, and even creating whole communities that rival the night life of most college towns. This life style can be expensive, however, so…
The Break Even Point in Benefits
When to start collecting Social Security in retirement is a very common dilemma that many run in to when nearing or entering retirement. Most fall back on projected break even points to decide when the most logical time to file…
“Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Return to Work Act” Introduced
A bill designed to modernize the SSDI program has been introduced in Congress by French Hill (AR-02), while Sen. Tom Cotton (AR) and Sen. Mike Lee (UT) introduced companion legislation in the Senate. Read more about these proposed acts here… Notice: The…
Toward a Better Understanding of Survivor Benefits
Investment News contributing editor and certified financial planner Mary Beth Franklin, in an article posted on www.investmentnews.com, takes a look at the options available to widows and widowers as they develop their strategies for collecting Social Security benefits. Check out…
Medicare’s Efforts To Curb Backlog Of Appeals Not Sufficient, GAO Reports
(By Susan Jaffe for Kaiser Health News) Despite interventions by Medicare officials, the number of appeals from health care providers and patients challenging denied claims continues to spiral, increasing the backlog of cases and delaying many decisions well beyond the…
Federal and State Agencies Watching Patient Groups
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. attorneys for both Southern District of New York and Massachusetts have stepped up their oversight of patient groups’ relationships with pharmaceutical companies advising the groups of possible violation of…
Millennials’ New Way of Working
Millennials have been criticized for their working habits as they enter in to their career building life. Recently they have been criticized for their tendency to jump from one job to the next rather quickly. This is becoming the new…
Shaping Social Security Arguments
Journalists know how to spin a story. With how hot a topic Social Security is at the moment many are clamoring to put out the next big story. The problem isn’t in the information that is put out, it is…
Some Social Security Clarification
There has been much discussion surrounding Social Security recently, much of it on very negative aspects. We have all heard about the insolvency problem facing Social Security within the next couple decades. While this problem is very real and needs…