Q: How long do you have to be married to claim a Social Security benefit on a husband's account? May I claim a widow's benefit if I work? I married my husband about a year ago at age 61, but he recently died. Both of us ...
Daily Archives: September 8, 2015
Ask The Advisor: September 2015
Q: I'm 62 and trying to make some decisions about retirement. I'm confused and overwhelmed with information. Recently a friend told me about a retirement coach. I've never heard of this before. Is this a good idea or jus ...
Congressional Corner: What the IPAB Means to Seniors
By Representative Phil Roe (TN-1) As a physician who spent more than thirty years caring for patients, I have many concerns about the president's healthcare law. Since the president signed ObamaCare, we've seen many p ...
Legislative Update: September 2015
Social Security Can Be Fixed Without Benefit Cuts By Jessie Gibbons, Senior Policy Analyst In recent years, conversations about Social Security reform focused on the need to save funds by cutting benefits. While so ...
Best Ways To Save: September 2015
Are You Settling For The Short End Of The Stick? Shop For A Better Health Plan Sharply rising prescription drug costs are expected to be a problem for older households next year. Unprecedented increases in the cost o ...
Benefit Bulletin: September 2015
Government's Poverty Measure Leaves Out A Lot Of The Poor According to the federal government, "poverty" is defined in most parts of the country as an annual income of $11,770 for an individual or $15,930 for a house ...
Would Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration Help Social Security’s Solvency?
By Mary Johnson, Editor When President Obama announced his massive immigration executive action last fall, a White House fact sheet said the actions would "expand the country's tax base by millions of people and billi ...
Feds Bust 243 People In Biggest Medicare Fraud Yet
In what the U.S. Department of Justice is calling the largest nationwide crackdown on Medicare and Medicaid fraud ever, some 243 people were recently arrested and charged for bilking Medicare out of $712 million. Those c ...
Why The Social Security Disability Insurance Program Is Going Broke
"Weakness" in the Social Security Administration's policies and procedures is to blame for billions in overpayments of disability insurance benefits, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). More tha ...
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