Jul 2, 2026
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 to it from other...
Jun 13, 2026
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...
Jan 5, 2026
More people are saving for retirement than ever before – and they’re saving more. But health care costs in retirement are soaring, and and poverty rates among older Americans are rising for the first time in decades. The competing trends sum up the state of...
Dec 15, 2025
Many older Americans have a simple plan for paying for retirement: keep working longer, or never stop working at all. But for a large share of workers, that plan falls apart. About 40% of people who are employed end up leaving their jobs earlier than expected, often...
Aug 22, 2025
Social Security was signed into law 90 years ago this month by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Over the years, we’ve come to think of this critical program as just one component of retirement income – intended from the start to be just one leg of a...
Nov 4, 2024
Some big, positive changes are coming to Medicare next year. The program’s prescription drug insurance will be much stronger — and easier to understand — as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. But the changes make it all the more important to review your...
