from medicare to spousal benefits, an essential primer on government retirement aid Mill, Alfred creator text bibliography mau Avon, Massachusetts Adams Media 2016 monographic eng

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240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm 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 die-hard bureaucrat to sleep. Social Security 101 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 engaged as you learn how to maximize your benefits. So 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 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 Protecting your Social Security number Qualifications for receiving benefits Your full retirement age Getting started with Social 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 benefits Appealing an SSA decision Health and Social Security Medicare Extra help with prescription costs Medicare Advantage Medicaid Social Security and your retirement Using a financial planner Planning for tomorrow Finding happiness in retirement Your dream retirement If a door closes The new retirement Alfred Mill. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Social security United States Handbooks, manuals, etc Seguridad social Estados Unidos Manuales Old age pensions United States Handbooks, manuals, etc Pensiones a la vejez Estados Unidos Retirement income United States Handbooks, manuals, etc Ingresos de jubilación Estados Unidos Medicare Handbooks, manuals, etc Medicare HD 7125 M645s 2016 368.4/300973 Mill, Alfred, author. Avon, Massachusetts : Adams Media, [2016] (DLC) 2016035157 9781440599224 (hbk) 144059922X (hbk) 9781440599231 BJBSDDR 160728 20231110122352.0 eng