About
Mark Miller is a journalist, author and podcaster who is a nationally-recognized expert on trends in retirement and aging. His writing offers a holistic view of retirement security, including healthcare and Medicare, Social Security, retirement investing, midlife careers and housing. He also writes frequently about retirement-related public policy issues, including reform of Social Security, Medicare and workplace retirement plans.
Mark’s work appears at The New York Times and Morningstar; he also publishes a free Substack newsletter and podcast on retirement.
Mark’s latest book is Retirement Reboot: Common Sense Strategies for Getting Back on Track (Agate Publishing, January 2023), which was named one of the top three personal finance books of 2023 by the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing.
Mark is the former editor of Crain’s Chicago Business, and Sunday editor of the Chicago Sun-Times.
When he’s not writing about retirement, you can find Mark working on the hyperlocal news revival in his role as vice president of the nonprofit Evanston RoundTable, or working on his guitar and banjo technique at Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music.
Recent posts
- Medicare enrollment: Timing, costs and common mistakes
As you might guess, I get plenty of questions from family, friends and readers about how to sign up for Medicare. In these conversations, I’m always struck by the complexity of the Medicare program – and the challenging task of transitioning… Read more: Medicare enrollment: Timing, costs and common mistakes - Social Security is on the ballot this fall – or, it should be
The Social Security trustees issued their annual report this week on the program’s financial health. They continue to project depletion of the combined retirement and disability trust funds (OASDI) in 2034, although some underlying factors in the numbers continue to worsen.… Read more: Social Security is on the ballot this fall – or, it should be - A closer look at Trump’s retirement saving plan
Donald Trump has signed more than 250 executive orders during his second term as president, so you could be forgiven if you missed the one that aims to fix the biggest problem with the US retirement savings system: the coverage gap.… Read more: A closer look at Trump’s retirement saving plan