Tag: Social Security
The Difficult, Delicate Untangling of Our Parents’ Financial Lives
There is an excellent article in today’s Wall Street Journal, Monday, March 28, 2016 on the difficulties of sorting out your parents’ financial affairs after they become incapacitated. It includes a number of recommendations on steps you should take with your family while your parents are still healthy to share financial information and avoid the difficulties…
Our Experience with Social Security & Medicare Better Than The Private Sector Insurers
As my bio indicates, I spent more than 25 years working in the private sector, primarily in equity research and investment banking for publicly traded securities firms. I, like many with private sector careers and nearly everyone even slightly right of center politically, take as an article of faith that the private sector is…
Get What’s Yours – The Secrets To Maxing Out Your Social Security
Important Changes in New Two-Year Budget Agreement According to a report in today’s (10/29/15) Wall Street Journal on page C1, the two-year budget agreement, passed by the House of Representatives on October 28th and headed to the Senate will eliminate the ability of social security recipients to elect and suspend benefits at age 66 (described…