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Sep 08

Medicare, the Biggest Threat to Our Retirement Standard of Living

By Scott Burns and Laurence J. Kotlikoff A recent column predicted that seniors would get the largest Social Security benefit increase in 25 years next January--- about 6 percent. It quickly drew fire from older readers. The 6 percent increase, they pointed out, was before the deduction of the hefty...

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Jun 08

Medicare Premiums and Your Retirement Standard of Living

By Scott Burns Medicare premiums may soon start crushing retiree spending power. I estimate that many a long-lived couple may need to reduce their retirement spending on non-medical consumption by 13 percent to 26 percent to avoid sharp declines in purchasing power as they get older. This is not an alarmist...

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Jun 06

Future Tax Bills: Why the young should save with a Roth

Q. I am 30 and will be getting married this August. Combined, my fiancÃ©e and I have $115,000 in Roth IRAs, $53,000 in our 403(b) accounts, $37,000 in taxable accounts, and $10,000 in a variable annuity that we plan not to touch for 40 years. In "The Coming Generational Storm" you recommend that younger...

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Jun 06

The dollar loses value every day

D.B. in Plano Texas links two major sources of worry. "I am a recipient of both Social Security and Medicare. I remember the Nixon era economic panics. Would you hazard a guess as to when, in your judgment, we can reasonably expect a devaluation of the dollar as a fix for the current economic dilemma...

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Jun 06

Retirement Living Expenses vs. Health care Expenses

A recent column, "Life is less expensive for older couples," brought a divided reader response. Carl J., a Houston reader, wrote: "It is the first time that I have seen something resembling the truth about retirement. I don't know where these people are coming from--- the ones who give outrageous percentages...

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Jun 06

Ride to Live, Live to Ride

A recent column, " Life is less expensive for older couples ," brought a divided reader response. Carl J., a Houston reader, wrote: "It is the first time that I have seen something resembling the truth about retirement. I don't know where these people are coming from--- the ones who give outrageous percentages...

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May 06

When Worlds Collide

One small set of tables among all the Social Security and Medicare trustees' report documents tells us two worlds will collide much sooner than expected. The worlds aren't planets. They are the world of U. S. government operations and the related, but separate, world of Social Security and Medicare....

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May 06

This Year, a $3 Trillion Lump under the Rug

A major supply of bedtime reading became available on May 1st--- the annual trustees' reports on Social Security and Medicare. Clocking in at 226 and 219 pages, respectively, the reports guarantee sleep for the innumerate. The reports may also cause nightmares among those who dare to think about what...

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Mar 06

Making Good Use of an Expensive Universal Life Policy

Q. We bought a universal life policy about 18 years ago in the amount of $155,000. Now the policy is being eaten up by charges as I get older. The cash value is now about the same as when we began, about $39,000. The cash value will be wiped out in about six years unless interest rates rise from the...

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Feb 06

And Now, "Congress Risk"

You've heard about credit risk, interest rate risk and manager risk, right? Well, Donald D., a Houston reader, thinks there's a greater risk. I think he's right. He calls it "Congress risk." Writing in response to my recent column about the benefits of taking Social Security benefits later rather than...

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