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2025 Social Security COLA set at 2.5%
There’s always a tremendous amount of speculation about Social Security’s annual cost of living (COLA) increase. In fact, the first soothsayers stir the pot as early as February or March each year. Yet the COLA is only announced after inflation…
ERISA Turns 50. Happy Birthday!
Have you embraced becoming your own pension manager? When I was 13 years old, then President Gerald Ford celebrated Labor Day by signing ERISA into law. ERISA is the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (pronounced a-ris-a). And it is one…
Get Ready for Big 2025 Medicare Part D Changes
Are you already in Medicare and have your prescriptions covered by a Part D plan? Or maybe you are reading this because you will be starting Medicare in the next few years? Either way, it’s important to get up to…
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2024 Inflation: Implications for Lasagna, Ice Cream, and Retirement Income
June 2024 data shows prices moderating, but grocery bills still high July is my favorite month of the year. It has some very important dates including National Ice Cream Day on July 21st this year. Plus, my birthday and anniversary,…
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Our Next 10 Adventure: An Update and An Extension
Hard to believe we’re now eight years into our “Next 10 Adventure.” This was our idea of how to change things up after the kids were gone. We had been in the same town and the same house for 25…
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