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Retirement strategies for 30-year-olds
It’s never too early to start planning for retirement. With this in mind, we asked The Experts: What retirement money tip do you wish you’d given yourself when you were 30? William Reichenstein: If you have not already begun saving, begin…
VA disability benefit procedures outlined
Q. I am a veteran trying to get the VA disability due to me. To do that I need the medical records of my heart attacks 20 years ago. Both the doctor and the hospital say they no longer exist.…
Regular Walking Routine Helps Prevent Death, Disability in Kidney Patients
A little bit of exercise goes a long way. Keeping physically fit can help prevent certain health issues pertaining to the heart, mind and body, overall. Yet a recent study conducted by researchers from China Medical University Hospital in Taichung…
Film festival explores disability issues
For the fourth straight year, the Sprout Film Festival is coming to Corvallis to shine a spotlight on the often marginalized world of people with disabilities. Several local agencies that support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities have teamed up…
US has certain laws for living, working abroad
The United States government requires U.S. citizens and Legal Permanent Resident Aliens that live abroad to follow certain employment laws. Contact your new employer’s human resources department to ensure that laws from both the host country and the U.S. are…
Foster talks Medicare, Social Security issues in Aurora
Congressman Bill Foster said that the Republicans’ latest budget proposal would cause “thoughtless damage to our children and elderly.” Foster, a Democrat from Naperville, pushed preserving Medicare and Social Security programs in front of a dozen senior citizens at Senior…
Retirement reforms could entice members to give up bigger future
Military members and retirees are to be “grandfathered” from any retirement changes the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission recommends to Congress in February. Current force members shouldn’t let that dampen their interest in the work of the commission or…
On his retirement, a fond farewell to Carl Kasell of NPR’s ‘Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me’
We knew Carl Kasell’s last taping of “Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me” was going to be a big deal, which is so not Carl. After 16 years as official judge and scorekeeper of the NPR quiz show, and 60…
When It’s Pension Plan vs. Social Security
Jo G., a retired teacher from Chula Vista, Calif., wonders what impact her pension from the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, known as Calstrs, will have on the widow’s benefit of her husband’s Social Security. “As of today, my Calstrs pension…
6 biggest risks to your retirement security
What worries you most about retirement? Well, if you’re like most retirees and pre-retirees maintaining the value of your savings and having your investments keep pace with inflation concern you most, according to a new survey published by the Society…