Post #6 – What can you expect from Social Security and Medicare? Part II

I have done a lot of reading and talked to many professional financial planners about what changes may be coming to federal old age entitlement programs as well as private pensions and state government retirement programs. I will provide the general thinking by experts on what may lay ahead for the old age entitlements and […]

Post #5 – What can you expect from Social Security and Medicare? Part I

I originally intended this blog entry to be about estimating the future size of your retirement nest egg and what your subsequent savings rate should be. But this discussion is greatly impacted by your future social security and medicare benefits. The Social Security Administration sends out an annual benefit statement to each person who pays […]