Social Security provides critical benefits to more than 50 million people a year; almost 170 million workers contribute a chunk of their paycheck, to the tune of $900 billion annually, to keep those benefits flowing. You’d think with all the people and money involved that we’d all understand exactly how the program works. Read the

A new law gives a heads-up to those under hospital ‘observation’.  As if being in a hospital wasn’t tough enough, patients on Medicare (those 65 and older) are now facing potentially huge out-of-pocket costs if they are placed on “observation status” instead of being formally admitted. And when such a patient then goes from the

Financial advisors are supposed to look out for your best interests, but up until April, investment pros weren’t held to a “fiduciary standard,” which requires them to put their clients’ interest above everything else. The rule was passed by the Department of Laborand takes effect next year. Read the rest of the story.