By Alex Moore The typical senior household spends nearly 2 percent of its budget on clothing and apparel, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That isn’t all seniors, though. Aging fashion-lovers often spend m ...
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On Providers Changing Networks
By Susan Stewart, Licensed Insurance Agent Medicare Open Enrollment has ended for 2025, and one of the biggest challenges I’ve seen across all 37 states I’m licensed in this year is providers, including primary care p ...
Medicare to Begin Covering Traditional Health Practices for Native Americans
By Alex Moore According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), American Indians and Alaska Natives experience severe health disparities compared to the general U.S. population and are more likely t ...
COLA Would be Higher With a Better Index
By Edward Cates, Chairman, TSCL This October, the Social Security Administration announced that the 2025 COLA, implemented this month, would be 2.5 percent. This increase is the average yearly inflation for the third ...
Critical Social Security Legislation
By Alex Moore After an arduous legislative journey, the House of Representatives is poised to finally vote on the Social Security Fairness Act, H.R. 82. The Bill: This bill seeks to repeal two Social Security ru ...
Changes Coming to Your Social Security Online Services
By Alex Moore Did you create your Social Security online account before September 18, 2021? Do you sign in to access your benefits with a “my Social Security” account? If so, it’s essential that you go online and upda ...
Hackers May Have Stolen Your Social Security Number
By Alex Moore A recent lawsuit claims that hackers have gained access to billions of records of personal information, including Americans’ names, phone numbers, addresses, and Social Security numbers. Filed in Florida ...
Be Prepared for Medicare’s Annual Enrollment Period
By Susan Stewart, Licensed Insurance Agent The Medicare Annual Enrollment Period ends on December 7. This means it’s time for you to work with an advisor to select the Medicare Advantage plan that best suits your nee ...
Proposed Law Would Increase Social Security Survivorship Benefits by $2,645
By Alex Moore One unfortunate fact of aging with a loved one is that one person has to outlive the other. And that doesn’t just bring emotional turmoil, but financial turmoil as well. The average funeral cost $8,300 i ...
Two-Thirds of Seniors Rely on Social Security for More Than Half Their Income
By Alex Moore When the Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley estimated that the program is “the difference between dignity and poverty” for about half of seniors in a May 2024 press release, he may have needed ...
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