The Social Security Fairness Act Will Boost Retirement Benefits for Millions Question: What is the Social Security Fairness Act, and will I be impacted by this new law? Answer: President Biden ... [Read More] 1/16/2025 | By Kathryn Pomroy
Family and Medical Leave Act While we often envision parents of newborns when we hear of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the law ... [Read More] 1/9/2025 | By Kimberly Lankford
Why You Should Read Your Medical Records Do you ever read the notes written by your doctor or health practitioner during a medical visit? You should! There ... [Read More] 1/3/2025 | By Robert H. Shmerling
Long-Term Care Insurance is Now More Flexible As people live longer and health care costs continue to rise, the need for long-term care (LTC) insurance has become ... [Read More] 1/2/2025 | By Derek Miser
Harmful Health Care Modern medicine improves and extends countless lives, although sometimes it does the opposite. Here’s how you can avoid harmful health ... [Read More] 12/24/2024 | By Robert H. Shmerling
How Staggered Retirement Affects Social Security Benefits Even though you and your spouse may have originally planned to retire at the same time, the reality may be ... [Read More] 12/12/2024 | By Sandra Block
Three Medicare Open Enrollment Scams Beware of these three Medicare open enrollment scams. Finance writer Donna LeValley explains what to look out for and offers ... [Read More] 12/2/2024 | By Donna LeValley
Medicare Costs in 2025 Question: How much change will there be in Medicare costs in 2025? Answer: Medicare premiums and deductibles will increase in ... [Read More] 11/21/2024 | By Donna LeValley
Medicare Drug Plan Improvements Important aspects of the Medicare drug plan, known as Part D, improved in 2024 – about 18.7 million people will ... [Read More] 11/8/2024 | By Susan Jaffe
Election Effects on Social Security and Medicare What could the election mean for Social Security and Medicare? Erin Bendig of Kiplinger’s Consumer News Service looks at both ... [Read More] 10/25/2024 | By Erin Bendig