What is a Medicare agent? For that matter, what is a Medicare broker? Are they the same or different? And why on earth would I need one? Here at the Blog, we tend to focus on Medicare every fall during open enrollment, since that’s when the Medicare marketing machine really cranks up as current enrollees … Read more
What’s the one thing that causes you the most stress in your life? We’ll bet it’s money. Turns out that, for the majority of us, worry about money is so pervasive that it affects our mental health. One article we found in researching this story quoted the American Psychological Association who reported that the top … Read more
Whenever we read about entitlement cuts or the looming crisis with the Social Security trust fund, we confess to an overwhelming sense of déjà vu. After all, the topic of entitlement cuts and the urgent need to shore up the financial underpinnings of Social Security and Medicare have been in the news for years now, … Read more
If you were born between 1965 and 1980, plus or minus a few years, congratulations: you’re a part of Generation X. Most Gen X kids grew up in the shadow of their baby boomer parents and for decades have had to listen quietly as their parents, born in the late 1940s to mid-1960s, traveled an … Read more
Many people think of “retirement savings” and “life insurance” as two completely separate things – but that’s probably because they’ve never heard of a financial strategy called a life insurance retirement plan. Abbreviated “LIRP,” a life insurance retirement plan can offer a solid combination of benefits: secure savings plus the protection for your loved ones … Read more
If you’re an adult approaching retirement – or already there – it seems you hear the warning bells everywhere you turn. Long-term caregiving costs are rising, and seniors and their families need to do all they can to get their care plans in place. Whether you pay those caregiving costs through savings, insurance, the sale … Read more
Finances and dementia might make for good television comedy, but for families dealing with it every day it’s no laughing matter. That’s how nationally-known financial writer Richard Eisenberg begins this recent NextAvenue article about a difficult topic many families know all too well: the effect of cognitive decline on the spending habits of a beloved … Read more
Do you hold any digital assets? Before you answer no – assuming you’re not heavily invested in Bitcoin – you might want to reconsider, because you may have more digital assets than you realize. Just about everything you do online can qualify as part of your digital assets. When you’re putting together your estate plan, … Read more
When we read about the onset of dementia, we assume its symptoms will develop gradually over a period of months and even years. We think that, if it happened to us, we’d have time to adjust. But with the unpredictable nature of dementia, that’s not always true. Recently we came across a column called The … Read more
Changing Medicare coverage is a tricky business. Officially, the rules say that, once open enrollment is over, that’s it – you’ve made your choice for the coming year. Sure, there’s a do-over period for the Medicare Advantage folks during the first quarter each year, but otherwise it’s settled. You’re effectively locked in to the plan … Read more
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