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Retirement and the Pension Protection Act – An Assessment
The Pension Protection Act of 2006 had solid support for its goal of shoring up financial security for Americans in their retirement years. Now, a decade later, how has it fared? An article by Dan Kadlec posted on time.com takes…
Geriatric ERs Reduce Stress, Medical Risks For Elderly Patients
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) NEW YORK — The Mount Sinai Hospital emergency room looks and sounds like hundreds of others across the country: Doctors rush through packed hallways; machines beep incessantly; paramedics wheel stretchers in as patients moan…
Is there a correlation between education level and savings motivation?
An article by MarketWatch columnist Andrea Coombes takes a look at conclusions drawn from a study by the American Sociological Association that there is a correlation between attitudes on saving for retirement and education level. An excerpt from the research paper produced…
Is Someone You Know Wondering “Who” FICA Is?
(Source – Social Security Matters) Social Security’s Acting Commissioner, Carolyn W. Colvin, likes to tell this amusing story. A colleague’s teenage daughter came home bursting with excitement after receiving her first paycheck. But she had one question about her earnings…
Medicare Facts for Boomers
Medicare and Social Security go hand in hand. Both systems exist to ease the financial burdens of those entering retirement yet both can also be a headache to those attempting to understand them. As with Social Security, there are many…
What if you don’t retire?
As has been reported frequently in the past months and years, people are tending to stay in the workforce longer and longer, leading some employers to consider “phased retirement” approaches for older workers. Personal Finance Writer Tom Anderson, in a…
The Retirement Savings Conundrum – Analyzing a Real-life Case
Like more than a quarter of the respondents to a Northwestern Mutual survey, a couple in their 50s from Everett, Washington had concerns about the their retirement saving strategies and sought help. This article by George Erb posted at www.seattletimes.com takes a look…
More thoughts on fixing Social Security
Columnist Scott Burns, in a post on www.mystatesman.com, provides an explanation of the manner in which Treasury bond interest affects Social Security, and discusses the impact of eliminating the cap on taxable earnings. His remarks also address the process of using…
Looking To Taxes as a Social Security Longevity Solution
In an article posted on host.madison.com by Motley Fool’s Sean Williams, the issue of taxation strategies as a potential solution to a portion of the long-term viability problem facing Social Security. His article discusses the numerical side of the argument, while…
Boosting your Social Security Benefits – No-brainers but good reminders
Just about weekly–and often multiple times n a week–articles are posted advising future Social Security beneficiaries that it pays to delay filing as long as you can. Forbes Contributor John Wasik weighs in on this subject with his own thoughts…