Social Security
The $47,000 Student Loan Debt That’s Forcing a 61-Year-Old to Rethink His Entire Retirement Plan
Most people assume that carrying student loan debt into your sixties is a problem reserved…
Tax
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Health
One Year From Medicare, His Health Insurance Hit $674 a Month — and the Property Taxes Went Unpaid
What would you let slide first — your health coverage or your property taxes —…
Social Security
He’s Driven 38 Years and Still Can’t Retire: A Chicago UPS Driver’s Race Against a Social Security System Running Low on Time
Roughly 40 percent of Americans over 55 have no private retirement savings at all, according…
Health
She Cosigned a Loan She Never Borrowed. Now She Owes Taxes on Debt She Never Spent.
The Kansas City county assistance office smells like old coffee and fluorescent light. I was…
Health
She Got a $16,000 Raise at 53 and Still Ended Up Broker Than Before
The waiting room at the Cuyahoga County Department of Job and Family Services smelled like…
Social Security
A Bank Teller in Tucson Is Two Years From Retirement — and a $169 Billion Hole in Social Security Has Her Rethinking Everything
What would you do if the retirement safety net you spent four decades paying into…
Social Security
Her Husband Started Collecting Social Security — Then Her W-2 Triggered a Tax Bill They Never Saw Coming
Most people believe Social Security is a reward that arrives tax-free after a lifetime of…
Social Security
She Built Her Budget Around Overtime. When It Disappeared at 61, Her Retirement Timeline Collapsed
Approximately one in three Social Security claimants files at age 62 — the earliest eligible…
Social Security
His Insurer Dropped Him After One Claim. Now at 61, Kevin O’Brien’s Social Security Timing Could Make or Break His Retirement
The window for certain Social Security decisions doesn’t announce itself loudly. It creeps up, and…
Social Security
Every Raise Made It Worse: How a $92,000-a-Year UPS Driver Ended Up With No Retirement Savings at 45
The first thing Tommy Andersen did when he sat down across from me was set…