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Social security 101 : from Medicare to spousal benefits, an essential primer on government retirement aid / Alfred Mill with Michele Cagan, CPA.

Mill, Alfred, (author.). Cagan, Michele, (author.).

Summary:

"Too often, writing about social security turns the noteworthy details of the benefits into boring details about regulations or biased political arguments that would put even a diehard bureaucrat to sleep. Social Security 101, 2nd Edition, cuts out the tedious explanations and instead provides a hands-on lesson that keeps you engaged as you learn all you need to know about the federal program that's been around since the Great Depression. From the history of social security to its likely role in the future, this primer is packed with hundreds of entertaining tidbits and concepts that will keep you on track as you learn how to maximize your benefits. Whether you want to learn about calculating your retirement age or estimating your projected payments, Social Security 101 has all the answers-even the ones you didn't know you were looking for."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781507222348
ISBN: 1507222343
Physical Description: 240 pages ; 19 cm
Edition: 2nd edition.
Publisher: New York : Adams Media, 2024.
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-232) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

What is Social Security? -- The beginnings of Social Security -- The history of retirement -- The rise of America's middle class -- Funding Social Security -- Fixing Social Security -- Getting a Social Security card -- Getting another card -- Protecting your Social Security number -- Qualifications for receiving benefits -- Your full reitrement age -- Getting started with sucial security -- Estimating your benefits -- Disability benefits -- Supplemental security income -- Children with disabilities -- Spousal benefits -- Survivors benefits -- Other beneficiaries -- Benefits for children -- Taxes on Social Security benefits -- Working in retirement -- Taking benefits early -- Claiming benefits later -- If you're self-employed -- Deemed filing -- Windfall elimination provision -- Government pension offset -- The retroactive lump-sum option -- Stopping your benedits -- Appealing an SSA decision -- Health and Social Security -- Medicare -- Social Security and your retirement -- Using a financial planner -- Planning for tomorrow -- Employer-sponsered retirement plans -- IRAs, HSAs, and self-employment -- Choosing the right investments -- Finding happiness in retirement -- Your dream retirement -- If a door closes -- The new retirement.