retirement benefits

Today’s Retirees First to Pay More Into Social Security Than They’ll Get Back

Posted on 08/6/2012 by | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsFor a person retiring in 1960, Social Security presented a pretty great deal: Pay in during your working years and you could expect to get back about seven times more in benefits during retirement. But today’s retirees won’t reap nearly the same return on investment. In fact, they’re part of the first generation of workers who have paid more in Social Security taxes than they will receive in benefits.

The Takeaway: Workers Would Trade Pay for Better Retirement Benefits

Posted on 02/28/2012 by | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsWould you trade some of your pay for better retirement and health care benefits? A new survey from HR-consulting firm Towers Watson found more than half of U.S. workers would.

The Takeaway: Public Employees Retiring Too Early?; Health Care’s Mixed-Up Future

Posted on 12/12/2011 by | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsRetirement age for public sector workers—government employees, teachers, firefighters, trash collectors—is becoming a topic of fierce friction nationwide. And the lines between hospitals, insurance companies and doctors are blurring, as the health care law awaits Supreme Court consideration and the 2014 start date of the individual insurance mandate.

Sign up for Medicare…Online!

Posted on 04/15/2010 by | Archived Contributor | Comments

Personal HealthSigning up for Medicare has never been easier. Last week marked the beginning of a new way for older adults to enroll for Medicare — on the internet. Patricia Barry reports: This new kind of application “will make it easier than ever to sign up for Medicare,” said Social Security Commissioner Michael J. Astrue at the program’s launch in Los Angeles. The rollout will be promoted in advertising spots featuring actress Patty Duke and the cast of her 1960s sitcom …