Avoid this big mistake in retirement. Many people think that Medicare and Social Security (SS) benefits coincide as far as when you should enroll. However, that isn’t the case at all. In fact, there are different rules and variables within the two programs that make it easy to confuse the two. While the age requirement to receive Medicare is 65, you can sign up to … [Read more...]
“How are you?” “Mom is good, so I’m good.”
Is there anything wrong with my response? On the surface no, because it’s true. If mom is healthy, looking forward to something and feels like she is contributing to our family, she is doing well. Which means my life has less stress, so I’m doing well. The problem is, it doesn’t answer the question. “How am I doing?” This automatic response means I’m measuring my mental, … [Read more...]
Change to Medicare Card Helps Prevent Identity Theft
Don’t keep your Medicare card in your wallet. 36 percent of people 50 years and older are the victims of Identity Theft. This “mature market” is the single largest group for all ID Theft. (Association of Mature American Citizens 1/14) (Jump to Lessons Learned) Guest contributor Nancy Sobin has addressed this issue before in an article on … [Read more...]