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6 Tools to Supercharge Retirement Savings
Saving for retirement certainly isn’t easy. A recent study by the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies found that only 18 percent of those surveyed expect to be better off in retirement. While no tool can fully automate retirement planning, there…
How You Can Be Happy in Retirement
People who feel more secure about their finances are more likely to be happy in retirement, a survey by Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance shows. If you don’t want to fall into the unhappy retiree camp, or even worse, not have…
‘Independent’’ workers raise questions in SC
COLUMBIA, S.C. — In the months that a $10 million housing project rose from a north Columbia hillside, teams of workers installed pipes, laid carpet, lifted boxes, swung hammers and cemented bricks as their employers raced to meet deadlines. But about a…
Medicaid expansion may spread to four more GOP-led states
Now that Pennsylvania Republican Gov. Tom Corbett has received CMS approval for his Medicaid expansion plan, Indiana, Tennessee, Utah and Wyoming may be next in line among GOP-led states in seeking a federal green light for their conservative-oriented expansion proposals….Read More …
Reform Update: Healthcare spending growth expected to pick up this year to 5.6%
The economy’s lackluster recovery eroded wages and left millions chronically unemployed. It also offered significant relief from the fiscal distress of U.S. health spending. Now, spending fueled by the improving economy and the healthcare reform law’s insurance and Medicaid expansions are likely to turn that around. Health…
Government mistakenly withheld $2.4 million in disability from vets
The federal government accidentally withheld $2.4 million out of September disability compensation checks for 12,000 veterans owed the money for service-related physical or emotional disabilities, according to the Department of Veterans. The VA, which apologized for the mistake Wednesday, says it…
Report: Obamacare, Boomers, Recession Slowing Medicare Costs
The cost of Medicare will grow at a lower rate than initially anticipated – a change government economists attribute to the expansion of insurance coverage through Obamacare, a lower average age of Medicare beneficiaries and economic growth. The estimates come from the Office…
Getting help with your Medicare costs when money is tight
Medicare provides vital health insurance for 50 million seniors and people with disabilities. But even when you have Medicare, health care is not free. People with Medicare pay premiums and have other costs that they pay out of pocket, like…
Narrow network controversy spurs tougher rules for California plans
California health plans would face new requirements designed to ensure they offer adequate provider networks under legislation the state Legislature approved last week. The issue of network adequacy has sparked controversy since the state’s exchange opened last year with many…
College-age adults are 20 percent of all identity theft complaints
Information sharing has become second-nature to many college students who have grown up in an era of social media, smartphones and widely available internet access. Unfortunately, this also makes students more susceptible as a target for scams and fraud. Identity thieves…