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When Is the Ideal (and Actual) Retirement Age?
(By – Janie Boschma, National Journal) The ideal age to retire falls somewhere between the ages of 60 to 65, according to a new Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll. Retiring then works best, poll respondents say, because it’s the sweet…
Retirement Conundrum—Spend Now or Save for Later?
(By – Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, Community Table) Dear Carrie, A friend recently told me that her financial advisor suggests using age 95 as a life expectancy when planning for retirement. Is this realistic? If so, my wife and I would be…
10-Year Look Ahead on Aging: Retirement Security “Key”
(By – Mike Clifford, Public News Service – NH) It’s a ten-year look ahead on aging issues, and New Hampshire advocates expect retirement security to be key at next month’s White House Conference on Aging. Stephen Gorin, executive director, New…
Morrisey urges consumers to be wary
(By – The Fayette Tribune) CHARLESTON — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is warning consumers to be cautious if they receive a call from a person purporting to work for a satellite, cable or other utility company who wants to verify…
Marrying? Provide SS with new name
(By – Danny Zimmerman, Maryville Daily Forum) Every year, June marks the beginning of two busy seasons: summer and “wedding season.” With joyful expectation, many of us have already marked our calendars and started wrapping up our plans for the…
Repealing Obamacare Would Lower Federal Deficits
(By – Charles Blahous, Economics21.org) The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has just released a report on the budgetary and economic effects of repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Press reports reflect what CBO has reported pursuant to its scoring instructions…
Social Security and Medicare Emerging as New Foundation of Retirement Planning, But Few Advisors Ready
(By – PRWeb, Benzinga) Rather than ignore Medicare and Social Security as government entitlements that don’t need strategy and planning, financial advisors should make them the foundation of retirement planning if they are to avoid putting clients at risk of…
Report: Nearly Half of Social Security Disability Beneficiaries Were Overpaid By Government
(By – Romina Boccia, The Daily Signal) Waste is a real and pressing issue in Social Security’s disability programs. According to a recent report by the Office of the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration, 44.5 percent of beneficiaries…
Social Security Q&A: Will Other Support Disqualify Me for SSI?
(By – Tribune News Service) Question: This summer, I’ll turn 65 and, because of my financial situation, I thought I’d be eligible for Supplemental Security Income. But my neighbor told me I’d probably be turned down because I have a…
Answers to tricky Social Security questions
(By – Robert Powell, USA Today) Q: In a previous question and answer you wrote about applying for a “one-time payment” of back Social Security benefits in the one-year period after Social Security disability becomes Social Security retirement. My one…