I am 59 and married. My employment with the federal government spans 31 years, and I earn an annual salary of $116,000. My wife's annual income is about $55,000. I am contemplating retirement within ...

Although RMDs don't begin until age 73, waiting until that point to deal with them is a mistake you might regret. A better ...

Zach Wahls is angling for a changing of the guard in the U.S. Senate. He wants to be the model for that change. Wahls, already the youngest member of the Iowa Senate, hopes to become the ...

It's open enrollment season for Medicare Advantage, when people currently enrolled in private managed-care plans can either ...

So let’s stop lauding underspending in retirement; leaving a big bequest isn’t usually the best outcome. If you don’t need ...

As premiums jump and assistance shrinks, a growing number of older people are being forced to delay or skip health care.

There is an old saw that points out the obvious: when something doesn’t make sense, or deviates from the norm, and you want ...

Tavares and other researchers found that just 8% of the total Medicaid population is considered “able-bodied” and not working ...

Missing a single Medicare enrollment window can cost a new retiree more than $5,000 in their first year of coverage. The ...

The program may soon provide broader coverage to improve retirees' health.