While the idea of retirement has changed, certain financial assumptions haven’t. We’ve all heard about the “new retirement”, the mix of work and play that many of us assume we will have in our lives one day. We do not expect “retirement” to be all leisure. While this is becoming a cultural assumption among baby [...]

The Healthcare reforms may lead to some short-term aid. Could Medicare soon be in better shape? Maybe. At the start of August, Medicare’s politically appointed trustees reported to Congress that Medicare should remain financially in the black through 2029, a 12-year improvement over last year’s estimate.1 They credited the healthcare reforms carried out by Congress [...]

A look at the changes coming in 2012, 2013 & 2014. Companies sponsoring group health plans should be aware of the changes coming to the health insurance industry as part of the “second stage” of health care reform. These major and minor adjustments should be kept on your radar. What’s new for 2012? Insurers that [...]

It starts on November 15. What is changing – and what isn’t? This fall, we have another Medicare enrollment season coming – and in the wake of health care reform, some things will start to change while other things will remain relatively the same. Will Part B premiums increase in 2011? They probably won’t – [...]

Provide employee health insurance, or pay a penalty? Small business owners worry about having to face that choice. That possibility moved a step closer to reality in mid-July, as three of five Congressional committees approved new legislation to remake American health care – legislation that could expand health insurance coverage to 46 million uninsured Americans, [...]