What Happened To My Higher Retirement Benefit? Q: When my husband and I were planning the timing on our Social Security benefits, our financial advisor suggested that we could maximize our payout if I started with a s ...
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Social Security & Medicare Questions: Where Can I Get Help With What Medicare Doesn’t Cover?
Where Can I Get Help With What Medicare Doesn't Cover? Q: I'm new to Medicare. I didn't realize that Medicare doesn't cover eye or hearing exams like my former insurance at work. My income is pretty low. Where can I g ...
These Ten Fastest Growing Costs Can Blow Senior Budgets
Seniors have lost 31% of the buying power of their Social Security benefits since 2000, according to TSCL's 2014 Survey of Senior Costs. The findings are the same as last year; showing no improvement in the buying power ...
Ask The Advisor: March 2014
Is Congress Exempt From Obamacare? Q: Can you tell me how Congress is getting their health insurance this year? Our health plan got canceled and we had to enroll through the federal exchange. My husband and I now p ...
Social Security & Medicare Questions: Benefits on Deceased Ex
Q: My ex-wife passed away recently. I'm 61 and still working. Would I qualify for any Social Security benefits based on her account? A: If your late ex-spouse was entitled to a Social Security retirement ...
Best Ways to Save: March 2014
Are You Due a Tax Refund? ID Thieves May Get It Before You Do Waiting for a tax refund? More Americans were victims of tax refund identity theft in the first six months of 2013 than in all of 2012. Identity thieves ...
Congressional Corner: The Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act
By Representative Tim Walberg (MI-7) Every day approximately ten thousand people reach their retirement age. Many have spent a lifetime working to care for their families and save for retirement all while paying fede ...
Legislative Update: March 2014
Two Provisions That Can Reduce Or Eliminate Social Security Benefits By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Assistant The odds are high that someone you know is receiving lower Social Security benefits than they deserve. ...
Benefit Bulletin: March 2014
Obamacare Medicaid Expansion Creates New Inequities For Seniors Medicaid, the state and federal program that provides healthcare for low-income Americans, is undergoing a massive expansion with the start of the Afford ...
Is Someone Using Your Medicare Number To Steal Drugs?
By Mary Johnson, editor You get them whenever you visit a doctor, or fill a prescription — Medicare's "explanation of benefits" forms. Often perplexing, many people never review them, let alone, try to figure them ou ...
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