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Coping With the Retirement Culture
“Retirement today is more about you than your money.” Those are the words of Forbes contributor Robert Laura in an article describing the issues facing retirees…issues that extend into the psychological aspects of personal identity, social conformity, and the like.…
Financial Discussions Between Generations
It can be a touchy subject, but parents and children need to have a clear understanding of finances. Children, for example, need to know how long the retirement “nest egg” will last, whether there’s a will (and the documents that…
Institute for Family Health and SSA Team Up for Disability Processing Improvements
Seeking to save time and money in the handling of Social Security disability applications, the Institute for Family Health has launched its eHealth Exchange program as a collaboration with the Social Security Administration. Its the largest health data sharing network of its…
More on the “Redefined Retirement”
Much has been written about the general change in thinking about what retirement means for the future, as well as the trends that are emerging with respect to medical costs, life expectancies, and more. John Spoto of Sentry Financial Planning, in a…
Honoring the Beneficiaries of Social Security
(Source: Social Security Administration) Social Security is committed to the principles and spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which improves the lives of our beneficiaries and our employees who have disabilities. We also want you to see and…
Thinking about retirement? Here are some things to focus on.
How much of a financial nest egg do you need? What are you going to do with your time? What does your spouse think about it? These are some of the basic questions you should consider as you ponder the…
Planning to work into your 70s? You might want to, but…
With the changes that have evolved in the retirement landscape over the past few decades, with that dream of age 62 or age 65-67 being the end point dissipating for many people, many folks are adding years to their anticipated…
The Timing of Your First Social Security Payment
It may come as a surprise to many of those new to Social Security, but you won’t get a payment that first month you become eligible.You must have lived completely through the month of your birth, and then you’ll have earned a…
Social Security Administration Spending Breaks Through the $1 trillion Mark
CNSNews.com editor-in-chief Terence P. Jeffrey, in an article posted on www.cnsnews.com, takes a look at the total fiscal year spending reported by the Social Security Administration. For FY 2017, this figure broke through the trillion dollar level for the first time,…
Worry or Don’t Worry, but Give Consideration to These Basic Situations
In an article titled “2 Legitimate Social Security Worries, and 1 Reason Not to Be Concerned” posted on host.madison.com. The Motley Fool’s Sean Williams highlights two reasons to worry about the program’s future. But he softens the picture with an…