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Social Security: How Widows and Widowers Can Boost Their Benefits
Social Security offers benefits not only to retirees but also to their survivors after they pass away. But making the most of those survivors’ benefits can be tricky. Read more… Notice: The “Read more…” link provided above connects readers…
Report: Harrisburg judge leads country in Social Security disability awards
If you are out of work and looking to apply for Social Security disability payments, Harrisburg Judge Charles Bridges is the person you want to see, according to a report by CBS 21 in Harrisburg. According to the news station, Bridges has…
Growth of Social Security disability
As you will see below, today is a historical date for the Social Security disability program. The original 1935 Social Security Act contained many provisions, including unemployment compensation, but in terms of what we now consider Social Security, it introduced only…
Early, Full or Delayed Social Security Benefits
In our last column we examined how to qualify for Social Security (SS) benefits. Now we take a look at what you and your clients need to know when deciding when to collect. A worker can begin collecting SS benefits as…
Retirement savings rebound, but it’s still important to plan
On the plus side, a new study shows, Americans’ retirement savings has rebounded from the depths of the Great Recession. Nearly 60 percent of workers say they have somewhat or fully recovered from the 2007-2009 downturn and median savings has risen…
Medicare ACO Presents Unique Challenges
Although accountable care organizations (ACOs) have proliferated beyond Medicare, they differ from Medicare ACOs in important ways, according to one organization operating both types. Read more… Notice: The “Read more…” link provided above connects readers to the full content…
Do Social Security and Medicare Go Hand in Hand?
Millions of Americans use both Social Security and Medicare. But how do the programs affect each other? In the following video from our Social Security Q&A series, Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool’s director of investment planning, answers a question from Fool…
Diabetes driving up health care costs, study finds
One in four people hospitalized in Santa Cruz County has diabetes, and one in three in California, driving up health care costs, according to a study released Thursday by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research recommending prevention efforts. The study,…
The Importance of Giving All Workers Access to a Retirement Savings Plan
Back in January, Sylvester Schieber and Andrew Biggs made the case that retirement incomes are in much better shape than is commonly understood. Because the Current Population Survey (CPS) fails to count the bulk of the income older Americans derive from 401(k)…
COLUMN-Senator Rubio’s surprisingly bipartisan retirement saving idea
May 15 (Reuters) – When Republican politicians talk about how important Social Security and Medicare have been for their parents, it’s time to grab your wallet. These stories usually precede a proposal to cut benefits under the guise of “saving”…