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Protecting Your Social Security Number from Identity Theft
(Source – Social Security Matters) Every year, millions of Americans become victims of identity theft. Identity theft occurs when someone steals your personally identifiable information and pretends to be you. They can use this information to open bank or credit…
Disability and Marriage–Some Complicating Rules
For those receiving disability payments from Social Security and contemplating marriage, it’s wise to get a thorough understanding of the rules governing payments to married couples. An article by writer Mike Ervin posted on www.progressive.org describes a situation encountered by one…
The Standard of Living in Retirement
A lot of the discussion surrounding this election season centers around the current standard of living for retirees. Half of Baby Boomers expect their standard of living to decrease significantly once they retire. Many are still recovering from the Great…
The Last Baby Boomer Election
This coming election is all about the Baby Boomers, from the candidates to the voters. Millennials have just taken over as the largest living generation in America, but Boomers are still expected to make up the largest demographic of voters…
The Election and Social Security – Looking for Details
The 2016 presidential election is only about 10 weeks away at this point, and the voting public is anxiously awaiting details on how the major candidates will approach the major issue of Social Security. From changes to benefit levels to action…
More on the “Retirement Crisis”
The continually-debated issue of an impending crisis in retirement financing in the years ahead, and the related argument about the role that deferred compensation plans (401k plans, principally) play in either helping or hurting the situation, are discussed in a…
In defense of 401(k) plans
Andrew Biggs, Forbes contributor and resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, provides an analysis of the manner in which the availability of deferred compensation plans like 401(k) plans play a key role retirement financing. Biggs’ article is in answer to…
Doctors Raise Concerns For Small Practices In Medicare’s New Payment System
(By Steven Findlay for Kaiser Health News) Dr. Lee Gross is worried. He has practiced family medicine in North Port, Florida, near Sarasota, for 14 years. But he and two partners are the last small, independent practice in the town…
The First Chairman for Social Security
John G. Winant was the first chairman of the Social Security Board serving under President Franklin Roosevelt. He served in this position from August 1935 until February 1937 taking one month off in October 1936 in order to support Social…
Working days ahead for many “Baby Boom” retirees?
Ann Brenoff, Senior Writer/Columnist forThe Huffington Post, interprets the rsults of the 17th annual Transamerica Retirement Survey in a post huffingtonpost.com. She reports that one of the study’s key conclusions, that more than half of the Baby Boomers expect a decrease in their standard of living…