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If you’re enrolled in Medicare, open enrollment is now underway, and the decisions you make could shape your coverage, prescription drug costs, and overall healthcare expenses for…
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For many years, Americans were advised to choose low-fat dairy instead of full-fat versions. Those recommendations were meant to promote heart health, but researchers now think…
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The tricky part of Social Security COLAs is that they look backward, since they’re tied to earlier inflation data.
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CVS carries a broad selection of cold and flu products aimed at easing common symptoms such as sore throat, cough, runny nose, fever, and chest congestion.
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I like to think of myself as an expert on the 1980s, and there’s a simple reason for that: I loved the decade. I wore parachute pants, carried a Trapper Keeper, and drained the…
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Each fall, older Americans wait for two key announcements: first, the size of the next Social Security increase, and later, how much of that gain Medicare premiums will absorb.
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Calls to rein in federal spending may sound appealing to retirees who want a stronger economy supporting their retirement security. Still, AARP says one proposed solution could…
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Jillian Berman is an assistant managing editor for news and enterprise at MarketWatch, where she covers student loans and consumer debt. Her book on the student-debt crisis, “Sunk…
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Some Americans in physically demanding jobs could become eligible for full Social Security retirement benefits at age 60 under a new bill introduced in Congress.
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The latest I-bond rate may be 5.5% or 5.4%, but your approach should stay the same Your retirement savings need to keep pace with inflation, and Series I bonds are built to do…
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A proposal could reduce the retirement age for some Social Security recipients to 60.
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