This year’s open enrollment for Medicare runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7. Any changes you make to your Medicare plan will begin on Jan. 1, 2022. Eligible Medicare beneficiaries can start receiving benefits once they turn age 65. Those who were already drawing Social Security benefits before that age are automatically enrolled in Original …
Inflation is a steady rise in the price of goods and services over time and actually signals both good and bad economic conditions. On one hand, as prices rise, someone living on a fixed income cannot purchase the same amount of goods, so they tend to reduce spending or buy cheaper alternatives. On the other …
As of Aug. 28, 2021, there were 2.8 million unemployment claims in the U.S. That’s considerably higher than the pre-pandemic level of 1.7 million, but much improved from the pandemic high of more than 23 million in May 2020.1 One of the more remarkable surprises to emerge from the pandemic is how many people are …
Some people have no trouble saving money — they stash away any cash they don’t need, and their account grows and grows. These people usually aren’t very materialistic and don’t have a lot of goals that require money to fulfill. That’s a wonderful trait, in some ways. However, there’s nothing wrong with setting up specific …
