Healthcare costs are eroding Social Security checks
These bills eat up roughly a third of a typical retiree’s Social Security income and almost a quarter of total income, according to a new report from the Center for…
Medicare open enrollment is on. Here’s what you need to know
"Everybody with a Part D plan has got to be on high alert," Medicare expert Phillip Moeller, said. "They have to look for higher premiums, higher out-of-pocket deductibles. They have…
Do you know how much healthcare costs will be in retirement?
According to the new Fidelity Retiree Health Care Cost Estimate, a retired opposite sex couple age 65 in 2022 may need an average of $315,000 saved (after tax) to cover…
Impossible Dreamers: Winning Gold Medals at 73
Daniela Barnea, who is 73, typically swims for up to an hour and a half, seven days a week. At her age, that kind of workout, during which she covers…
10 Tips for Starting a Charity
A few weeks ago, I met Molly MacDonald, the founder and CEO of The Pink Fund, a nonprofit that provides financial aid to breast cancer patients. The 63-year old breast…
Kerry’s Expert Advice, US News & World Report: ‘Midlife Bliss’
John Friary was always a good science and math student. Throughout his childhood and adolescence, he thought about going into medicine, but working with sick people seemed too stressful, so…
Barbara Smith: Riding in the World’s Toughest Horse Race at 61
How’s this for a 61st birthday present for yourself? You ride in a grueling, eight-day, 1,000-kilometer horse race (about 625 miles or so) in Mongolia that’s billed as “the longest…
Kerry’s Expert Tips on City Life: 10 People Who Will Change Your Life
Haven’t yet lost that dreadful muffin top or made amends with your latest friend-turned-foe? Nowhere near achieving the relationship or career you so desperately want, need? We called upon the…
Women and Long-Term Care Insurance
I’ve been thinking about long-term care insurance a lot lately, because my dad would have been 94 yesterday. He died six years ago after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Dad…
When A Money Writer’s Health Policy Was Canceled
Right now, I’m gazing at the cover of the 142-page Individual Enrollment Agreement that arrived in the mail from my new health insurer, CareFirst BlueCrossBlueshield. The sleek, longhaired woman in…
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