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Vision care under Medicare
Many retirees are unclear with what Medicare does and doesn’t cover when it comes to eye care. The good news is that Medicare covers most medical issues like cataract surgery, treatment of eye diseases and medical emergencies. But unfortunately, routine…
Medicare Proposes That Hospitals Provide More Transparency On Prices
In a proposed rule, federal officials lay out new regulations for hospitals that include offering a standard list of prices, the new federal payment rates, observation care and readmissions. Hospitals will be required to release a standard list of prices for…
College athletes are employees? Let them pay taxes
Now that I’m on the government dole in my retirement, I try to keep track of who’s going to pay for my Social Security benefits, my Medicare expenses and any other payments Uncle Sam wants to send my way. Yes, I…
Jason Conger and Monica Wehby: On the issues
Here is where Republicans Monica Wehby and Jason Conger stand on some key issues in the race for the U.S. Senate: The candidates compete to criticize the new federal health care law – and to accuse the other of once cozying…
Why I support Obamacare
Our present healthcare system is great for many who are wealthy or presently covered by insurance. It has failed the millions of Americans leaving us at the near bottom of developed nations in health care for the masses. Obamacare principles originated…
Bridging the Income Gap
I plan on living at least until 90. That’s not chutzpah talking; it’s heredity. My grandmother lived to age 95, and my mom is going strong at 89. (The average life expectancy for women who make it to 65 is…
Retire happier: Control your medical costs
So much for retiring on Social Security. An average healthy couple retiring 10 years from now will need their entire Social Security benefit just to cover health-care costs, according to recent findings from HealthView Services, a Danvers, Mass.-based provider of…
Companies Ask Workers with Disabilities to Check the Box and That’s a Good Thing
Let’s not get all worked up about the new self-identification form for workers with disabilities. This form is designed to help federal contractors and subcontractors meet the new Section 503 regulations, which sets a target of a seven percent workforce comprised…
More employers offer disability insurance, employees realize need yet many fail to act
With May being Disability Insurance Awareness Month (DIAM), timely findings from a Prudential report reveal that while 82% of employers report they are offering long-term disability insurance in 2013, up from 74% in 2012, 33% of employees are reporting they…
The retirement-income crisis, in one chart
Call me paranoid, but it seems like the financial-services industry has undertaken a concerted effort to show that the U.S. does not have a retirement-income problem – that most people will have all the money they need in retirement. Indeed,…