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Obama says he’s ready to sign fix of Medicare doctor payments, without endorsing legislation
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he’s ready to sign good bipartisan legislation to fix Medicare’s doctor payment problem, without endorsing any specific legislation. Without a fix, doctors face a 21 percent cut in Medicare fees, the consequence of a 1990s…
Mullin: VA Change Will Help More Oklahoma Veterans
WASHINGTON — A policy change at the Department of Veterans Affairs will allow more veterans in Oklahoma to receive medical care outside of the VA system, Rep. Markwayne Mullin said Tuesday. The department will now allow veterans whose driving distance to…
Social Security: Key Strategies for Protecting Post-Retirement Income
Recent surveys tell us that working during one’s post-career years is the new expectation for most retirees. In a Merrill Lynch/Age Wave poll conducted last year, three in four pre-retirees (workers aged 50 years and up) responded that some element of…
Social Security will barely cover your health costs
If you need a reminder that Medicare covers only a portion of retiree medical expenses, check out this report. Released Wednesday by HealthView Services, Inc., a Danvers, Mass. company that provides retirement health care cost data and tools to financial advisers,…
Congress moving on long-sought legislation to thwart cyberattacks
The House Intelligence Committee introduced bipartisan legislation Tuesday to grant legal immunity to firms that pass cyberthreat data to the government, as lawmakers expressed cautious optimism that there is finally enough support to pass a bill that the president will…
Kennerly: Sharing bad info does none of us any good
A woman I think a lot of forwarded an email she thought I should mention. Full of mystifying math, it’s titled “Who died before they collected Social Security?” It questions what happens to funds paid by people who died before collecting.…
Retirement Security In Five Strategic Steps
While the process of planning for your retirement may seem daunting, National Retirement Planning Week® 2015—taking place from April 13–17—may be the opportunity you need to get back on track. Experts from the National Retirement Planning Coalition, which organizes the…
Gaming Social Security
Few, if any, articles on Social Security discuss “Adverse Selection”, and the associated havoc that it can play on projections for the system’s future. Another name for “Adverse Selection” is gaming the system. Whatever you call it, the concept is…
Fix the debt to protect the middle class
In Washington, Republicans and Democrats are fighting to convince American citizens they are champions of the middle class. Yet both parties shy away from the issue that most impacts the middle class: the national debt. Talking about the debt requires honest, substantive…
Top 3 Reasons to Talk to Your Spouse About Social Security
Think your Social Security decisions are a personal matter? Think again. When approaching retirement age, it’s a good idea for married couples to work together to plan a Social Security strategy (or better yet, start even earlier!). Here’s why: Read more……