Posts Tagged ‘medicare’
How Should You Pay for Long-Term Care?
How Should You Pay for Long-Term Care? Written By: Ryan Rink, CFP®, ChFC®, CLTC® As financial advisors, we often get asked how clients should go about paying for long-term care expenses. There is not one broad answer that applies to everyone, so we will run through a variety of different funding options. Self-Funding Self-funding, or…
Read MoreNavigating the Maze of Fall Open Enrollment Windows for Health Insurance
By Brian Ellenbecker CFP®, EA®, CPWA®, CIMA®, CLTC® Make the right open enrollment decisions to avoid severe consequences. Open enrollment can be one of the more confusing times of the year. The decisions that need to be made are often complex, can be confusing, and could carry severe consequences if the wrong decision is made or you…
Read MoreOpen Enrollment – Questions to ask about your employer group benefits and Medicare
By Kevin Reardon, CFP® Open Enrollment – So Many Questions! It’s that time of year again, when we either review group benefits at work OR our Medicare options (for those over age 65). We have written several great articles about these topics in the past and list those links at the bottom of the article…
Read MoreTaxes and Consumption
Taxes and Lifestyle – Competing Forces With tax season behind us, I figured now is a great time to write an article related to taxes. Writing about tax strategies is always topical, but we’ve done that before (visit our blog for awesome posts), plus we cover all applicable strategies in our client meetings. Rather, I…
Read MoreMedicare and Social Security for 2016
Clearing up some of the confusion… by Andrea Bulen If you are currently receiving Social Security benefits you have likely heard that you will NOT be receiving a raise next year. However, if you are also enrolled in Medicare Part B this means that Medicare premiums will NOT increase next year. This is due to…
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