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An example of using a “file-and-suspend” strategy
The window for useing this filing strategy to maximize benefits is closing soon, but here’s one example of how it works. Read the usatoday.com article here… Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the…
Marketplace Survey Focuses on Fixed-Income Concerns
A recent Marketplace-Edison Research Poll examines some of their concerns expressed by seniors living on fixed incomes. It’s an emotional landscape, but it’s also real for many seniors. Check the article out here… Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the…
Nobody is Saving for Retirement
A new survey released by GOBankingRates shows that there is a terrifying trend among all generations that the vast majority of people are not adequately saving towards retirement. Over half of those surveyed have less than $10,000 in retirement savings.…
Upcoming Hearing on Social Security and Equal Treatment
The House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee will meet on March 22 in order to discuss changes to the Social Security system that would ensure equal treatment to public servants. They will discuss proposals to the system that would…
Millennials Compared to Boomers
Millennials are starting to fill the roles left behind in the work place left by retiring Boomers. However, Millennials are having a harder time adjusting to adult life than their parents did. For starters, the younger generation is starting their…
Surging Prescription drug costs becomes a campaign issue
In 2014, the cost of prescription drugs had increased more than 12% compared with a 2% growth the years before, prompting both political parties to promise to curb drug prices as part of their healthcare plans. The issue of curbing…
First Proponents for Social Security
Many people attribute Social Security to the FDR administration, and this is true for the current form of the administration that was established in the 30s. However, Social Security as an idea is as old as the nation. Thomas Paine,…
Strategies for Maximizing Social Security Benefits
The pathways to the largest monthly Social Security benefits are covered in this article published by The Motley Fool’s Todd Campbell on www.mysanantonio.com. They are not new in and of themselves: increase income or delay retirement. What’s interesting in this article, though is a…
Shocking Projections for Future Health Care Costs
A 65-year old couple getting set to retirement is expected to incur future health care costs of nearly $400,000, according to a study by HealthView Services. Todd Campbell of The Motley Fool takes a look at this projection and its implications for future retirees…
How Financial Planning Evolves Over Time
Financial planning has life stages, and its critical to your future to be certain the steps you’re taking along the way are preparing you and your family for the later years of you life. In an article posted on http://www.marketwatch.com/ by Henry…