Posted on 06 June 2022. Tags: Medicare, Social Security, Trustees report, economy, retirement
A stronger-than-expected economic recovery from the pandemic has pushed back the go-broke dates for Social Security and Medicare, but officials warn that the current economic turbulence is putting additional pressures on the bedrock retirement programs.
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Posted in Retirement, Your Money
Posted on 09 May 2020. Tags: COVID-19, New Normal, Pandemic, Reopening, economy, fear
Should I go to the beach? What about the hair salon? A sit-down restaurant meal? Visit Mom on Mother’s Day?
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Posted in Health, Features
Posted on 27 December 2017. Tags: arthritis, drug, economy, prices
Renda Bower knows well the cost of drugs to treat rheumatoid arthritis; her husband, son and daughter all have the painful, disabling autoimmune disease. And the family’s finances revolve around paying for them.
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Posted in Health, Features, Your Money
Posted on 09 January 2017. Tags: bridge, economy, employment, retirement, workers, workforce
As more and more Americans either choose, or are forced, into bridge employment, the expectation of what retirement actually means is rapidly changing.
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Posted in Finance & Work, Active Living
Posted on 20 September 2016. Tags: 55+, age, discrimination, economy, jobless
Age discrimination is illegal under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967. The law prohibits treating job applicants or employees who are over age 40 less favorably because of age.
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Posted in Finance & Work
Posted on 19 June 2016. Tags: Brexit, Britain, European Union, economy, finance, vote
Britain’s vote to leave the European Union adds a heavy dose of uncertainty to a world economy that is still struggling to reach full speed years after the global financial crisis.
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Posted in Finance & Work, Your Money