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Retirement planning: Is your Roth 401(k) wrecking your saving
“Invest your money now, and never pay taxes on your earnings.” Sounds pretty tempting, doesn’t it? But if you contribute just enough to get your employer match, and you can’t set aside any more, you might want to think twice…
Severe intellectual disability diagnosed by analysis of entire genome
Scientists can now diagnose the condition of severe intellectual disability in patients by looking at their genes, even in those for whom all other genetic tests failed to work. These new findings suggest that novel, noninherited genetic anomalies are a major cause of…
Affordable Universal Healthcare and Social Security
Universal Healthcare and Livable Social Security are essential to save our states, cities, public authorities and public education from the crippling and bankrupting burdens of healthcare and pensions and for economic recovery and national prosperity. These entitlements would give our Cities…
Paul Ryan says Medicare going broke
Generally speaking, 7.65 percent of your paycheck is withheld for FICA — 6.2 percent for Social Security and 1.45 percent for Medicare. If your annual pay is $46,000, the average for full-time-working Americans, the Medicare portion of those Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes approaches $700…
Medicare Data Highlight Variations In Hospital Charges, Increased Costs For Common Ailments
The data, released Monday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, include 2012 prices for the most common inpatient stays at 3,376 hospitals. The New York Times: Hospital Charges Surge For Common Ailments, Data Shows Charges for some of the…
Your Retirement Plan Must Recognize Same-Sex Spouses – Timeline for Compliance
The IRS has provided much needed guidance on how to apply the requirement to recognize same-sex spouses for qualified retirement plan purposes. This requirement stems from the U.S. Supreme Court’sWindsor ruling which struck down the portion of the Defense of Marriage…
Can you retire at 65? Fewer feel they can
A new CBS News Poll finds a sharp drop over the past ten years in people who expect to retire at age 65. Commuters in New Orleans are sounding off about the findings. “Never!” one man insisted. One woman told WWL First…
Survey shows retirement outlook differs between generations
The face of retirement for today’s workers differs sharply by generation, a nationwide survey recently revealed. Earlier this year, Harris Poll conducted the 15th Annual Transamerica Retirement Survey – one of the largest and longest-running surveys of its kind. Results showed that…
Local Vet Says Long Wait For V.A. Treatment Lead To Disability
A local veteran says he is also a victim, in the national uproar over long wait times for vets at V.A. clinics and hospitals. Last week, a report said the Fargo VA is doing a good job with an average wait…
Retirement: Great, affordable destinations you may not have thought of
Ready to retire, but it’s too hot in Arizona and Florida? Too expensive where you are? Or you just want to live someplace else? Here’s our annual look at a few places you may not have thought of as retirement destinations.…