How Can We Maximize Our Social Security Payments? Q: I’m 66, still working, and have not started benefits. If I start benefits now I would get $1,863 per month. My wife turns 64 this year and would like to start benef ...
Category: Issues
Benefit Bulletin: April/May 2013
"Free" Medicare Preventive Services May Not Be Medicare materials give the impression that "You pay nothing for most preventive services," but that's not always the case. To qualify, you must meet certain guidelines. ...
Social Security & Medicare Questions: Prescription Is Not Covered
Q: My doctor recently changed one of my prescriptions because a similar drug was causing troublesome side effects. At the pharmacy I had to pay the full cost of the new prescription even though I'm enrolled in a good Par ...
Ask the Advisor: When to Start Social Security
Help! When Should I Tap My Retirement Accounts and Start Social Security? Q: Could you give me some guidance about timing Social Security benefits and retirement account withdrawals? I'm age 62, single and still worki ...
Benefit Bulletin: March/April 2013
$5,000 Notch Fairness Act Reintroduced Congress and President Obama are battling over the federal budget, but supporters in Congress aren't about to forget Notch Babies. The Notch Fairness Act bills (H.R. 155) and (S. ...
Major Immigration Legislation to Include Path to Social Security for Illegals
President Obama is pushing for an immigration overhaul as one of his legislative priorities in his second term in office. A bipartisan immigration reform measure is under discussion that would give those already in the U ...
Medicare Costs Growing Even As Other Healthcare Costs Stay Flat
By Mary Johnson Recent healthcare cost data have the experts perplexed. According to a new analysis from actuaries of the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services, national healthcare spending in 2011 grew at just 3. ...
What’s Next for Social Security and Medicare?
TSCL Tells Congress —"Leave Social Security and Medicare out of Budget Negotiations" It's no longer a matter of 'if' Congress will cut Social Security and Medicare, but "when" most policy observers now believe. Much w ...
Social Security & Medicare Questions: Scam Awareness
Q: I've received numerous automated phone calls offering "free" Medicare-covered items like back braces and diabetes supplies. I'm not 65, not eligible for Medicare yet and I'm on the national DO NOT CALL list. Are su ...
Legislative Update: February 2013
Better Donut Hole Coverage — Higher Taxes Ahead By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Analyst As the Affordable Care Act continues its scheduled implementation, many seniors will begin to see small changes in Medicare cov ...
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