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The Changing World of HSAs
As the health care landscape in American continues to shift, one area is continuing to emerge as a potential lifesaver for those dealing with quandary of managing their medical costs and saving for retirement. MarketWatch’s Eileen Baldwin-Shaw takes a look…
Navigating the Murky Language in the Health Care Bill
Well, it’s not just the Health Care bill…it’s virtually any legislation that is packaged for consideration in the Congress. For lay people, it’s a difficult process to comprehend the linkage between and among layers of related bills. Marketplace reporters Kai Ryssdal and Maria…
Turning 60? Six Steps You Should Consider Taking Now.
OK, your Full Retirement Age is now starting to come into view for you. Now’s the time to take some preparatory steps that will make things go smoother for you when you reach the point on being eligible for your…
The Impact of Medicare’s Lack of Vision, Hearing, and Dental Coverage
Phil Moeller, author of “Get What’s Yours for Medicare: Maximize Your Coverage, Minimize Your Costs” and a frequent contributor to various news sites, responds to a series of questions and observations about Medicare and its lack of coverage for some…
Military Benefits and Social Security: Can They Be Combined?
In response to a submitted question, editors at www.nativesunnews.today provide an answer to the basic question of whether Social Security benefits can be combined with military pensions benefits. The answer is yes, they can be combined without reduction in Social Security benefits,…
Social Security Myths vs. Reality
There’s quite a bit of back-and-forth these days about Social Security and its future, although unfortunately not near enough of it takes place at the legislative level where decisions need to be made. That aside, journalist Brenton Smith offers up…
Another View of the “Retirement Crisis”
In contrast to today’s Social Security Report Headline Article, we note that American Enterprise Institute scholar Andrew Biggs, a former deputy commissioner for policy at the Social Security Administration, asserts that the problem may in fact be overstated. Much of this opinion is…
Using your “my Social Security” Account to Check Your Data
Credit.com columnist Ben Luthi examines the inner workings of “my Social Security” accounts and how they might be used to estimate benefits and track earnings history. For those of you who have not yet established your account, his post provides instruction…
Q&A: Getting More Out of Social Security?
Social Security writer Tom Margenau, in a post today on tucson.com, fields questions about a variety of aspects related to this benefit program, beginning with a question about the accuracy of calculated benefits and continuing through several queries dealing with…
Disappearing Pensions–A Growing Reality
“Unfortunately, it’s becoming more and more obvious that many pension plans won’t be able to fulfill the promises they made to their workers.” This opening comment by Los Angeles board of the Better Business Bureau’s Trevor Gerszt sets the stage for a…