A small plants business owner worried looking at a bill. In 2025, insurance is a major expense for small business owners. Premiums are climbing with no sign of easing up. Sharp increases in climate ...

Fact checked by Betsy Petrick Key Takeaways Retiring early means you have less time to save, but that doesn’t have to be a deterrent.The IRS allows “catch-up” contributions to your retirement savings ...

Choosing your Medigap plan for supplemental insurance can be a complex, confusing, and costly process. We've got you covered.

On July 31, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, the highest-ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter to the ...

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There are instances when a gift would be exempt from the Medicaid look-back period, including one made by a parent to their child who is blind, disabled or under the age of 21 or to what is termed a ...

Drugstores are ready to deliver updated COVID-19 vaccines this fall and insurers plan to pay for them, even though the shots no longer come recommended by an important government committee. On Friday, ...

The Social Security Administration commissioner said “everything is being considered" when asked during an interview about raising the retirement age.

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Social Security has just turned 90, and it's a vital program, lifting some 22 million people above the poverty line, per the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. An eye-opening 56% of respondents ...

Dr Tadgh McMahon is employed at SSI and is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Flinders University. This research was undertaken jointly by researchers at the Institute for Culture and Society, Western ...

Homeowners are often advised to try to pay off their mortgages ahead of retirement. That way, they'll have one less expense to contend with once they move over to a fixed income. But while shedding a ...