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Social Security Q&A: Can I Use Breakeven Analysis for When to File?
Question: While my wife has started her benefit already and I plan on deferring taking my benefit, I’ve looked at break-even points using various ages to start collecting. It would ...
Illinois House Advances Plan For Cook County Pension Changes; Retirement Age Increase, Other Reforms Could Test Court Ruling
An Illinois House committee last week approved a proposal that would bring a series of changes to Cook County’s pension system, including a loftier retirement age.
But the proposal ...
Social Security Q&A: Are Spousal Benefits Half My Reduced Retirement Benefit?
Question: I started benefits at 62. When my wife files for benefits at full retirement age, will she get half of what I get now or what I would have gotten at full retirement?
Answer: ...
Texas Pension Bill, Which Would Raise Contributions for Workers, Likely to Land on Governor’s Desk Soon
A bill calling for pension changes passed the Texas Senate on Friday just weeks after clearing the House. The slightly-modified bill will now go back to the House for likely approval, ...
Social Security Q&A: Can I File Based On My Ex’s Disability Benefit?
Question: My ex-wife is on full disability, has been for years, but will not have reached full retirement age when I do. My question: Since we were married for more than 10 years and ...
One Third of Skilled Nursing Patients Harmed in Treatment
Marshall Allen is am awarding-winning investigative reporter. This story was originally published at ProPublica.
One-in-three patients in skilled nursing facilities suffered a medication ...
Social Security Q&A: Can I File If My Deceased Ex Was a Citizen?
Question: I was married from 1990 to 2010 to an American citizen. We were married and lived in the USA. We divorced in 2010 and he remarried in 2013, five days before he died on Aug. ...
Finding A Social Security Lawyer: 5 Things to Consider
In this article, the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR) lays out a roadmap for finding a Social Security lawyer that’s right for you. ...
Social Security Q&A: How Should My Spouse File If I’m Now Collecting?
Question: What is the best way to determine my wife’s Social Security benefit? I am 70 and drawing benefits and she is 56. We are both retired.
Answer: You can go online and retrieve ...
Running Out Of Money Is More Than Just A Worry For Many Seniors, Study Finds
This story was originally published on Kaiser Health News (KHN), a nonprofit national health policy news service.
For many older people and their families, particularly those dealing ...
