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Baby boomers: We need to talk about money
(By – Erin E. Arvedlund) Love and money: For a committed couple, don’t they mix? Among thirty- and forty-somethings, yes. Baby boomers, not so much.Fidelity Investments last week issued a stunning survey revealing that many older couples don’t talk frankly with each…
How to view Social Security vs. a long-term stock portfolio
(By – Wade D. Pfau, Ph.D., CFA) MarketWatch columnist and colleague Robert Powell recently shared an intriguing question with me from one of his readers on the merits of the Social Security retirement payout versus the returns on a conservative, long-term…
4 Important Things You Need to Know About Social Security
(By – AJ Smith) Retirement sounds exciting, but it can actually be a difficult landscape to understand and navigate. A retirement calculator can help guide your savings goals, both with a total target you are trying to hit and a…
Supporting our youth and protecting our future
(By – Anne Carlson, Special to the Olean Times Herald) ocial Security serves a person for life — from birth, to death, and even beyond, by helping to care for surviving dependents. When a parent becomes disabled or dies, Social…
Medicare Should Cover Hearing Aids
(By – Bobbie Brinegar, Huffington Post) This year, as Medicare turns 50, it’s a good time to look back on its half-century of success in providing access to health care for hundreds of millions of older Americans. It’s also a good…
Vast trove of Medicare data details how billions are spent
(Source – www.fredericksburg.com) Joint replacement was the most common hospital procedure that Medicare paid for in 2013, accounting for nearly 450,000 inpatient admissions and $6.6 billion in payments. Among physicians, cancer specialists received the largest payments from Medicare, but much of their…
The Biggest Problem With Social Security, Revealed
(By – Sean Williams) For many, retirement is the ultimate goal. Unfortunately, this is also a goal that hangs perilously out of reach for far too many people. Baby boomers, in particular, are facing a number of challenges. First and foremost, Boomers…
Undo Obamacare? Dream on
(By – James Warren, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS) Having ducked the need to replace Obamacare, Republicans can now bitch and flail and face Washington’s most potent force: the status quo. The Affordable Care Act is now the de facto status quo as…
What Divorced Retirees Should Know About Social Security
(Source – www.themarketsurge.com) Your marriage may be over, but there’s still a chance Social Security will pay you for the years you put in. What workers and retirees don’t know about their Social Security benefits is staggering. According to a survey from…
Same-Sex Marriage’s Big Benefit is Social Security
(By – Mark Miller, www.dailyfinance.com) Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage will give a huge boost to the retirement security of LGBT Americans. That will be especially true in the realm of Social Security — where it pays to be…