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Labor Day, Women, and Social Security: How are they connected?
Americans celebrated Labor Day on Monday, September 3rd. It’s the unofficial end of summer, a day for cookouts and barbecues, the last chance to hit the beach, and of course a day to honor laborers. But, as Lynda Waddington notes…
Chained CPI: Taking a Look at the (Fuzzy) Math
It’s a not a new concept, but it just keeps coming around for discussion–the shift away from CPI-W for Social Security cost-of-living calculations in favor of a “Chained CPI” approach. As you’ll recall, the logic behind this proposal is that…
Older Workers Face Obstacles in Finding Employment
Much of the financial advice floating in the air these days makes it sound sort of easy. Go ahead, retire, and find a less stressful job to supplement the drop in earnings. Perhaps even embrace the “gig economy,” where one…
COLA Watch: Some Ups and Downs, Maybe?
While some news accounts are predicting Social Security cost of living adjustments (COLAs) in the 3% range for 2019–highest since 2012–others are discussing the potential for a drop in certain Medicare premium rates. In the coming days and weeks, we’ll…
Protecting Your Child’s Social Security Number
The consumer credit reporting agency Experian reports that the average age for identity theft involving children is 12, a statistic that can cause enormous problems for parents. In an article posted on gazette.com, reporter Katie Pelton outlines some of the…
Watch Out for Social Security Surprises
For those of you looking ahead to retirement and the big step of collecting you Social Security benefits, there are a few basic points you need to be aware of so you don;t encounter some unfortunate surprises when you arrive.…
More Thoughts on 401k Changes
In somewhat of a correlating report on President Trump’s “Strengthening Retirement Security in America” Executive Order ( see today’s Headline Post ), CNBC Personal Finance Reporter Sarah O’Brien offers conjecture on what might be happening this fall in the area…
Trustees Report Talking Points
The 2018 Social Security Trustees Report has been out for a few months now, and its contents and projections have been hashed about in a host of news articles. So, while just about everybody interested in the subject is clearly…
Somewhat Little-Known Social Security Benefits
As The Motley Fool’s Dan Caplinger suggests in this www.fool.com post, there some benefit provisions in Social Security that can come as a surprise. That’s why it’s important to be informed, and his post does the trick on these three…
Medicare and Social Security
The Motley Fool’s Christy Bieber, in a post on helenair.com, takes a look at handful of basic questions about Medicare, one of which reiterates the concern that many Social Security recipients have regarding when to sign up for this health…