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Why Medical Identity Theft Is Rising And How To Protect Yourself
(By – Laura Shin, Forbes Contributor) Anthem. Premera. Carefirst. Since the start of the year, these three major health insurers, all Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, have been victims of major data breaches, with up to about 92 million records affected.…
10 Social Security quirks, including ‘zombie’ payments
(By – ANDY LANDIS, Market Watch) Social Security has a number of offbeat “quirks.” Here are the top 10, including how to turn your payments into zombies. Quirk No. 10: Your birthday isn’t your birthday – Federal law says you “attain” any…
Medicare Advantage Under the ACA: Replace Payment Cuts with Market-Based Reforms
(By – Alyene Senger and Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D., The Heritage Foundation) Abstract Medicare Advantage (MA) is a highly popular program that offers seniors a private alternative to traditional Medicare. While MA enrollment steadily increases, the Affordable Care Act of…
Why Social Security Still Matters
(Source – time.com) It’s absurd to think it won’t help much in retirement. This weekend, I hit the limit for idiotic journalism when it comes to writing about retirement in America.One article, purporting to warn about the seven myths that can…
Survey: Americans are concerned about the future of Social Security
(Source – www.smartbrief.com) Forty-one percent of respondents to a Pew Research Center survey don’t think there will be any Social Security benefits left for them in retirement. That fear may be unfounded, but it’s possible that benefits will be reduced. Advisers…
A guaranteed monthly check for the rest of your life
(Source – money.cnn.com) Although you may not realize it, you already get an annuity in retirement. It’s called Social Security, and it gives you a monthly payment for life that rises with inflation. So the real question is: Do you need…
Look Who’s Turning 80: Social Security Announces Countdown to Agency’s 80th Anniversary
(Source – www.alicetx.com) Anticipation fills the air as Social Security gets closer to the agency’s historic 80th anniversary and prepares to commemorate the August 14, 1935, signing of the Social Security Act. Acting Commissioner Carolyn W. Colvin today announced the launch…
Don’t Impose Artificial Age Constraints On Our Work Lives
(By – Ann Brenoff, Huffington Post) What if, instead of believing that the graying of the developed world is going to cause economic chaos and ruin, we looked at retirement through a different lens — one that made it invisible? This is…
Meet a federal phased-retirement pioneer
(By – Eric Yoder, www.washingtonpost.com) Ford Peatross has cut back to working only 20 hours a week for the next 12 months, not much time to pass on a lifetime of experience in how to acquire, organize, preserve, appraise, lend and publish…
Social Security and You: Social Security Offsets
(By – Tom Margenau) OK, teachers, firefighters, police officers and other government workers who will get a pension from a job not covered by Social Security, this column is for you. It explains the rules that may require a reduction to…