5 Financial To-Dos Before the End of 2024
Check off these tasks now and you’ll start 2025 on the right financial foot.
Medical Expenses and Long-Term Care
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How to Retire: Understand and Plan for Long-Term Care
Howard Gleckman discusses the reality of long-term care today.
Are Consumers Better Off With Medicare Plus a Medigap Plan?
Key things to keep in mind when choosing Medigap plans, and the role that private insurance brokers play in Medicare decisions.
Phil Moeller: A Road Map for Navigating Medicare
The author of ‘Get What’s Yours for Medicare' discusses traditional Medicare versus Medicare Advantage, shopping for Medigap plans, and recent reforms to prescription-drug coverage.
Medicare Open Enrollment: What to Know as You Enroll for 2025
Key changes will take effect this year as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act.
How to Find the Best Health Savings Account
We break down the benefits of HSAs and Morningstar’s ratings of the top providers.
3 Tricks for Getting the Most Out of Your HSA
Enjoy maximum tax savings while preserving flexibility.
How to Retire: Stay Flexible With Your Retirement Spending
Derek Tharp discusses how to adjust your spending throughout retirement.
Can You Save Too Much in a Health Savings Account?
Even savers whose assets exceed their healthcare expenses have some escape hatches.
How Likely Are You to Need Long-Term Care?
Examining the facts on the average incidence and duration of long-term care needs and who’s most likely to have a severe, sustained long-term care need.
Is Fixing Social Security and Medicare as Dire as It Seems?
Fifty years after the Employment Retirement Income Security Act, high levels of retirement risk point to the need for solutions.
Today’s Market Volatility Could Provide Tomorrow’s Opportunities
Plus, the Medicare changes in 2024 that could save recipients money.
I’m 65 and Still Working. Should I Enroll in Medicare?
How to decide if it’s the right time to sign up for Medicare and the costs of late enrollment.
What to Know About Health Insurance and Taxes When You Get Married
And more financial tips for women on family care planning, donations, and the wash-sale rule.
3 Key Retirement Decisions Affected By Higher Yields
How to factor in higher rates when deciding whether to purchase an annuity or buy long-term-care insurance.
How to Preserve Your HSA Eligibility Beyond Age 65
Retirees may need to delay starting Medicare and Social Security.
How Medicare and Social Security Affect HSA Eligibility
Those 65 and older who want to contribute to a health savings account must plan ahead.
Are the Latest Alzheimer’s Treatments Worth the Cost?
Expert on aging and caregiving weighs in on the state of long-term care in the U.S.
Howard Gleckman: ‘We Pretend This Isn’t a Problem’
An expert on aging discusses long-term care in the U.S., including the toll on caregivers, innovations in Alzheimer’s disease treatment, and the financial ramifications for older adults.
Make the Most of Your HSA Benefits and Investments in 2024
Also, Morningstar’s rankings of the best health savings account providers and a breakdown of the HSA triple-tax advantage.
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