Browsing: Retirement

The DB dinosaurs are back, and they are good dinosaurs. International Business Machines IBM announced it is halting all their 401(k) matches to fund a defined…

Are you looking for a “way out”? With everything that’s going on in the world… war in the Middle East… war in Ukraine… seemingly endless political…

Now is that time of year, between October 15 and December 7 when the bombardment of Medicare Advantage plan ads happens. They seem to be relentless…

Ray is 85, widowed, and lonely. He lives alone and has two homes in different states. He goes back and forth between them.Ray’s son and daughter…

In several press releases over the last few months, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) touted improvements in Part D prescription drug plans. CMS…

“I don’t want to be old when I’m old.” That sentiment was shared in a recent article in The New York Times by Elaine LaLanne, the…

For seniors, Social Security and Medicare are arguably two of the most prominent issues. These two issues are confusing and complicated, but nonetheless, decisions that need…

Welcome to November, National Family Caregivers Month, one of those Hallmark Card-like designations that politicians grant when they can’t, or won’t, actually act to help people.…

I was expecting the October jobs report to be dull and many other economists agreed. We were right: The numbers didn’t change much. Unemployment is still…

Remember old-fashioned teeter-totters? The kind made from a wobbly wooden board? As a child, I’d spread my arms wide and stand in the middle of the…