Administration Making Efforts To Rein In Medicare Fraud By Jarrad Hensley, TSCL Legislative Assistant Medicare fraud, abuse, and wasteful spending are problems that continue to affect all Americans. Attorney Genera ...
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Best Ways To Save: When Should You Enroll In Medicare?
Failure to enroll in Medicare on time can cost you thousands in extra Medicare premium penalties during the course of your retirement. (See examples in “The High Cost Of Delaying Medicare Enrollment”) Medicare’s exhausti ...
Social Security & Medicare Questions: March 2012
Q: Could you tell me whether I might be eligible for Social Security survivors’ benefits? I was separated from a spouse who passed away. I’m a 69-year old woman and my husband passed away in 2011. I inquired at Social Se ...
Ask The Advisor: March 2012
How Would The Social Security Payroll Tax Cut Affect Benefits? Q: I’m close to retirement and pay the maximum taxes on my wages. How would the Social Security payroll tax cut affect my retirement benefits? A: Your ...
The High Cost Of Delaying Medicare Enrollment
By Mary Johnson Do you turn 65 this year? Are you or your spouse still working and receiving health insurance benefits from a current employer? Are you age 65 or older now, but haven’t signed up for Medicare Parts A, ...
Your Health: New Clues As To Why Some Older People May Be Losing Their Memory
New research links “silent strokes,” or small spots of dead brain cells, found in about one out of four older adults, to memory loss in the elderly. The study is published in the January 3, 2012, print issue of Neurology ...
Over 65? Prevent Big Medicare Penalty Costs – Sign Up Now During Annual General Enrollment Period
Alexandria, VA (February 6, 2012) Are you age 65 or older? Have you signed up for Medicare Part B yet? Skipping Medicare enrollment, because it seems less expensive to go with employer coverage by taking either reti ...
Did Your Social Security Benefit Grow This Year After Paying Medicare Costs?
Alexandria, VA (January 30, 2012) Seniors got a modest 3.6% boost in their Social Security benefit this year. But whether it's making a difference in the bank balances of the more than 39.5 million seniors aged 65 and ...