Is Your Retirement in Danger of Crumbling? Ignoring any of these five essential financial pillars could put your future at risk. Take a moment to make sure you haven't overlooked anything. Kiplinger · May 4, 2025
IRMAA Could Have Surprised This Retiree: What You Can Learn From Her Experience A financial adviser explains how a client could have unwittingly triggered the Medicare surcharge and what others need to know about it. Kiplinger · May 3, 2025
Trump administration files emergency appeal to Supreme Court to grant DOGE access to Social Security data A court recently described DOGE’s data grab as a ‘fishing expedition’ The Independent UK · May 3, 2025
MTG gets into Congressional shouting match over school lunches and feeding the poor Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene accused her Democratic colleagues of spreading ‘garbage’ and ‘lies’ The Independent UK · May 1, 2025
Donald Trump's First 100 Days: What He Did (And Didn't Do) to Social Security The Social Security Administration is focusing on payment accuracy, customer service, fraud prevention, and ways to save taxpayer dollars. International Business Times UK · Apr 30, 2025
Appellate court won't lift restrictions on DOGE access to Social Security information A federal appeals court says it won’t lift restrictions on the access that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has to Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025
People in the US: share your recent experiences of receiving Social Security benefits We would like to hear from US Social Security benefit recipients and agency workers about their experiences under the Trump administration The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2025
Retirees: Don’t Miss These Valuable State Tax Breaks in 2025 Selecting the right state for retirement can significantly impact your financial well-being. Kiplinger · Apr 30, 2025
Should You Donate Money to Social Security? You can make charitable donations to Social Security, the safety net for older Americans. But will it make a lasting impact? Kiplinger · Apr 29, 2025
VeriSource bumps up potential victim count of data breach to 4 million The company lost sensitive data, including Social Security numbers. TechRadar · Apr 29, 2025
Supreme Court decides Medicare reimbursement calculation - Roll Call The Supreme Court sided on Tuesday decided the rate under Medicare the government pays to hospitals that serve low-income patients. Roll Call · Apr 29, 2025
How to Access Your Parents’ Medicare: Enroll and Manage Their Care Getting access to your parents' Medicare or Medicare Advantage accounts is easiest when they're healthy. But you still have options if they are incapacitated. Kiplinger · Apr 29, 2025
Advisers, Take Note: How 2025 Social Security Changes May Impact Your Clients What financial advisers might need to know to help their clients navigate Social Security in 2025. Kiplinger · Apr 29, 2025
Trump driven mad by abysmal poll numbers Most people don't yet know the scope of what's going on — and the Democrats should tell them Salon · Apr 28, 2025
Kiplinger · Apr 28, 2025 Social Security Is Taxable, But There Are Workarounds If you're strategic about your retirement account withdrawals, you can potentially minimize the taxes you'll pay on your Social Security benefits.
The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2025 Elon Musk’s ‘efficiency’ team is quietly building a vast immigration tracking database In the last few months DOGE has pursued immigration-related data across the Justice Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration, Rhian Lubin reports
International Business Times UK · Apr 26, 2025 Survey Reveals the One Thing Americans Fear More Than Death, and the Answer May Surprise You Volatile markets, rising consumer prices, growing debt levels, and heightened risks of Social Security benefits discontinuity are driving fears across generations about their retirement plans.
Kiplinger · Apr 26, 2025 The 'Rule of 25' for Retirement Planning Try the simple calculation of the "Rule of 25." Because sometimes, a back-of-the-napkin idea is all you need to get started.
Kiplinger · Apr 26, 2025 The Home Stretch: Seven Essential Steps for Pre-Retirees The decade before retirement is the home stretch in the race to quit work — but there are crucial financial decisions to make before you reach the finish line.
Kiplinger · Apr 25, 2025 My Great Retirement Dream: Sell My House, Downsize, Live off the Proceeds and Dabble in Stocks. Here's How I’m Doing So Far. I asked an expert financial planner if my retirement dreams are realistic — or if my head is in the clouds. Here is how it's been going so far.
The Conversation · Apr 25, 2025 How Project 2025 became the blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term Throughout the 2024 presidential election campaign, Donald Trump denied claims he intended to shape his second administration’s policies around Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for a renewed conservative America. But despite his repeated denials, Trump 2.0 has adopted much of Project 2025 into the White House’s agenda.
International Business Times · Apr 25, 2025 'Thousands' of Social Security Employees Changed to 'Political Appointees' Despite Career Status: Report The SSA moved to strip thousands of government workers of civil service protections, leaving career employees vulnerable to termination.
Kiplinger · Apr 25, 2025 Why More People Fear Going Broke in Retirement Than Dying Inflation, taxes and Social Security are the three top concerns for retirees, according to the 2025 Allianz Annual Retirement Study
Kiplinger · Apr 25, 2025 Before You Remarry: 10 Important Things to Consider Remarry carefully, because love gets complicated the second time around.
The Conversation · Apr 25, 2025 The UK’s social security system falls way below international human rights standards: new report The right to social security is enshrined in several international agreements on human rights. But the UK’s system – even before the disability benefits cuts announced earlier this year – falls way below these standards.