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Important Non-Financial Retirement Considerations
If you look forward to living a fulfilling retirement, saving money should not be your sole concern. We all know building a sufficient nest egg to provide for your second act typically requires a lifetime of struggle and sacrifice. But having enough…
Five Big Investments You Don’t Know You Have
When you hear the word investment, you probably think of your home, stocks and mutual funds, your retirement account, maybe your baseball-card collection. But how often do you think of your job? Read more… Notice: The “Read more…” link…
Social Security: Why Saving for Retirement Won’t Hurt Your Benefits
Your Social Security benefits are based on how much you earn. But if you voluntarily make contributions to a 401(k) plan to reduce your taxable income, are you shooting yourself in the foot for Social Security? Read more… Notice:…
Making the Most of Your Retirement Income: Social Security Worker Benefits
For most women, Social Security is the main source of income in retirement, with some retirement savings as a supplement. Benefits last as long as you live, are adjusted for inflation, and Social Security provides benefits for both workers and their…
Doctors Banned From Medicare May Get an Easier Shot at a Second Chance
Medicare’s chief watchdog plans to make it easier for doctors who have lost their licenses and gotten new ones to resume billing the program. Under a proposal published on Friday, authorities would have more latitude to reinstate doctors and other professionals banned…
Study: Disabled in Massachusetts Suffer More Health Problems
Individuals who suffer from disability may have difficulty accessing proper nutrition and medical care. In addition to the inherent complications of having a disability, this could make individuals with disability more susceptible to disease and other healthcare problems.According to a…
Wait! Before You Start Drawing Social Security …
Did you know that for couples living to average life expectancy there are strategies to maximize Social Security? If planned properly, that can translate into an increase of as much as several hundreds of thousands of dollars over their lifetime!…
10 retiree-friendly cities
A taxing decision? When scoping out places to retire, general affordability is key. But look beyond how much it will cost to rent or buy a home or order a three-course meal. Take the matter of taxes, for example. Read more……
The Power of Filing and Suspending
A cynic might say that you know something must be good when the government sets its sights on it. President Obama’s budget for 2015 “proposes to eliminate aggressive Social Security claiming strategies, which allow upper-income beneficiaries to manipulate the timing…
Deadline Extended to Submit Comments on Parkinson’s Social Security Disability Rule
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has extended its deadline to submit comments on its proposed revisions to rules used to evaluate whether people with Parkinson’s and other neurological disorders qualify for disability to June 2, 2014. Read more… Notice: The “Read…