What Did My Member of Congress Mean By That? Q: What does it mean when a Member of Congress says he favors changing Medicare from a “fee-for-service” model to one where the patients would pay based on health outcomes ...
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Q & A: What is our best retirement age option?
Q: In 2018, I will turn 62 and my spouse will turn 66. What is our best retirement age option? My husband had higher earnings throughout his career than I did, and funded a 401(k) through his employer. I have a tradi ...
Chained CPI Would Cut Average Social Security Benefits
(Washington, DC) – Higher taxes — lower benefits — more complexity. A new, more slowly growing consumer price index (CPI), known as the chained CPI, promises the worst of all worlds for tens of millions retirees, disabl ...
64 Percent of Retirees Affected By Nine Years of Flat Growth In COLA
(Washington, DC) – Extremely low Social Security cost of living adjustments (COLAs) have significantly impacted the retirement income of almost two-thirds of all older Americans, according to a new analysis by The Senior ...
Q & A: Will my Social Security benefits be taxable?
Q: I retired last year, but my spouse continues to work. This will be our first tax season with Social Security benefit income. Will my Social Security benefits be taxable? A: If you’re receiving Social Security in ...
How Are You Doing In Retirement?
By Mary Johnson, Editor One of the most remarkable things about our current Congress is the way in which lawmakers have crafted massive, contentious legislation mostly in secret, and then rushed bills to the floor f ...
How Adequately Does Social Security Cover Medicare Costs?
The annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increased benefits by 2% this year. But Social Security recipients probably did not see much, if any, increase in net Social Security benefits, because of the ...
Q & A – what home health care benefits Medicare covers
Q: My 89-year-old mother was recently hospitalized and held for observation due to suspicious chest pain. She has been released, but my husband and I are considering moving her in with us. We are wondering what home h ...
Ask The Advisor – Help! My Disabled Son Is Getting Transferred To A Medicaid Managed Care Plan.
Q: My adult son has cerebral palsy and gets his healthcare through both Medicare and Medicaid. I recently received a letter from the state that his former fee-for-service coverage is ending and that he has been assigned ...
Congressional Corner – Rep. Charlie Crist (FL-13)
Congress Should Work Together to Strengthen Social Security By Representative Charlie Crist (FL-13) Social Security represents America’s promise that after a lifetime of hard work and paying into the system, senior ...
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