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Have you heard this year's presidential candidates debate the Retirement Health Care Tax?
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Quiz time. Is your home: a) A place to live, b) A piggybank for retirement?
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Have you checked in on your retirement savings lately? If you're like most Americans, your investments probably are on autopilot most of the time.
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Besides stuffing ourselves and plopping ourselves on the couch in front of the TV for wall-to-wall-football games, let's find the time during holiday family gatherings for "the conversation."
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Q: I'm tired of spending on single supplements. How can I save when I travel alone?
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Frank Redway wanted to do something special after retiring from a career in retail at age 65 in May. So he and his 67-year-old wife, Kay, a schoolteacher who retired in June, set sail on a cruise to Alaska this summer.
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Ladies first.
For married couples deciding when to take Social Security benefits, it usually makes sense for the wife to claim hers first and for the husband to wait.
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Today more than 12 million people in the United States, about 80 percent of them 50 or older, need some form of long-term care, anything from help with transportation, grocery shopping and housework to assistance with activities of daily living such as eating, dressing and getting in and out of bed.
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To be sure, the decision of when to start benefits, from reduced benefits as early as age 62 to enhanced benefits at age 70, or anywhere in between, depends on numerous factors including our need for income and how long we expect to live. Our point is that delaying benefits can be a worthwhile strategy many retirees don't even consider.
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A desire for money and/or social contact explains why many retirees are returning to the workforce, at least part time. A survey by Zogby International for the MetLife Mature Market Institute this year found that about 11 percent of retirees ages 55 to 59 had gone back to work, as had 16 percent of those between 60 and 65 and 19 percent of those between 66 and 70.
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