Tag: Medicare
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Social Security & Medicare in Financial Distress
Earlier this week Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner revealed that the Social Security trust fund might be exhausted as early as 2037, which is four years earlier than the estimate last year! The main reason for this adjustment comes from the rising unemployment rate, which affects how much is being paid into the trust fund, tax…
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Four Reasons Couples Should Stagger Retirement
An important question you should ask yourself, as a couple nears retirement, is whether they should stagger retirement. It’s a topic that is worth exploring with your loved ones because there are many financial and relationship issues that accompany retirement and those can be, in part, alleviated if you opt to stagger your retirements. An…