On June 18, 2025, the new troop of Social Security trustees released the 2025 Social Security Trustees Report. This annual requirement reports the health of four critical social safety net trust funds managed by the trustees. The four are OASI, DI, HI, and SMI. For retirement, the most important trust fund is OASI—Old Age and Survivors Insurance. This year’s report projects the … [Read more...] about 2025 Social Security Trustees Report—Impact of a 23% Cut in Your Benefits
Are You Creating Your Medicare Recipe?
“Medicare” is not a single insurance plan for retirement Have you started looking into the complex world that is Medicare? The only health insurance for those 65 and older who are no longer on a large employer’s health plan? To say it’s a challenge is an understatement. It’s more like a total shock to the system. Regardless of your education or successful career, Medicare … [Read more...] about Are You Creating Your Medicare Recipe?
Should you be concerned about the privacy of your Social Security data?
The experts say, “Yes!” If you’ve ever had the breath knocked out of you, you know how you’re stunned and disoriented for a few seconds. Slowly, you start to breathe again. That’s how I felt—stunned and totally disoriented—when I attended a recent webinar about the privacy of your Social Security data. But I wasn’t so sure I started breathing again during the hour-long … [Read more...] about Should you be concerned about the privacy of your Social Security data?
Should you be concerned about the privacy of your Social Security data?
The experts say, “Yes!” If you’ve ever had the breath knocked out of you, you know how you’re stunned and disoriented for a few seconds. Slowly, you start to breathe again. That’s how I felt—stunned and totally disoriented—when I attended a recent webinar about the privacy of your Social Security data. But I wasn’t so sure I started breathing again during the hour-long … [Read more...] about Should you be concerned about the privacy of your Social Security data?
Breaking Money Silence: Every Woman’s Key to a More Successful Retirement
Talk about your financial future during Women’s History Month You know that phrase made famous by Renee Zellweger’s character in the movie Jerry McGuire? “You had me at hello.” That’s what ran through my head as soon as I started reading a book by an author and friend of mine. Breaking Money Silence, by Kathleen Burns Kingsbury, is now in its just-released second … [Read more...] about Breaking Money Silence: Every Woman’s Key to a More Successful Retirement
