by Springwater Wealth | Oct 23, 2018 | Newsletter
The US Social Security Administration recently announced that beneficiaries – including retirees, disabled workers and their eligible dependents and surviving family members – will receive a 2.8% increase in their benefits in 2019. This will be the largest annual...
by Springwater Wealth | Oct 9, 2018 | Newsletter
If you’re younger than 65, you probably don’t understand all the commotion. Why are there all these advertisements for Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans all over the TV, radio and print media? Medicare is the federal government program that provides...
by Springwater Wealth | Jun 26, 2018 | Newsletter
Social Security benefits include automatic cost of living adjustments (“COLAs”), which are intended to ensure that payments keep pace with inflation. However, years of low inflation and rising Medicare premiums have meant that, for many seniors, the adequacy of Social...
by Springwater Wealth | Jun 18, 2018 | Newsletter
The trustees for Social Security and Medicare released a report on June 5, 2018 indicating that the benefits paid out by the Social Security program will exceed the program’s income for the first time since 1982. As a result, the trustees will be forced to draw down...
by Springwater Wealth | Jun 5, 2018 | Newsletter
A recent survey of retirees by the Employee Benefit Research Institute and Greenwald & Associates found that half of them had not attempted to calculate their health care expenses in retirement before they retired, and more than 40% said their health care costs...
