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For Retirement Income, Ditch The Stock Market And Rat Race
Stock market investing and retirement seem to go hand-in-hand. Planning logic suggests working for 20-30 years, saving and investing throughout that time while also paying into Social Security… and then drawing down those assets over your final 20-30 years. On paper it…
When Your Employer’s Group Disability Policy Might Not Cut It
Once you sign up for your company’s group disability insurance, you may be tempted to cross it off your to-do list and forget about it. However, there are cases where having a group policy may not be enough. Getting a supplemental policy to…
House, Senate leaders agree on Medicare fees
House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday that he and top Senate Democrat Harry Reid have reached agreement on legislation to forestall a looming 24 percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors. Boehner, R-Ohio, said the legislation would fix the problem for…
Retirement savers: Remember the taxes
Two things happened recently that made me think about taxes and retirement saving. First, my husband and I prepared our taxes and for the first time had to take money out of a tax-deferred plan and pay taxes on those…
Last Minute Small Business Tax Tips for Procrastinators
Tax returns are due in less than three weeks. Are you procrastinating? Small business owners and self-employed individuals and who wait until the last minute are prone to dumb mistakes: forgetting to sign a return, goofing up on the math, or…
Medicare Rules Make Offsite Organ Recovery Costly
Many hospitals with transplant programs are refusing to allow brain-dead organ donors to be transported to more efficient off-site organrecovery centers citing a federal rule they say would cost them millions of dollars in Medicare reimbursement. “This rule has a significant financial impact…
House committee accuses Sebelius of ‘misleading’ about not knowing how many paid first-month
House Ways and Means committee chairman Rep. Dave Camp and health subcommittee chairman Rep. Kevin Brady held up “new evidence” Tuesday to accuse the Obama administration of “misleading” Congress about supposedly not keeping track of how many Obamacare customers have…
Retirement Living: Biggest retirement regrets
There are few things in life that let you do a do-over. Retirement is not one of them. So, if retirees had an opportunity to do something differently to prepare for their golden years, which mistakes would they correct? Financial advisers, asked…
Justices tackle health law birth control coverage
Supreme Court justices are weighing whether corporations have religious rights that exempt them from part of the new health care law that requires coverage of birth control for employees at no extra charge. The case being argued at the Supreme Court…
Developmental disability advocates urge lawmakers to invest in Florida’s communities
The Arc of Florida, The Arc of St. Lucie County and Florida Developmental Disabilities Council unveiled a plan designed to ensure that Floridians with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) are fully included in their communities and not segregated in institutions…