Tag: Social Security
Report: Stimulus checks, expanded UI help 17.2M people avoid poverty in...
PROVIDENCE – Federal stimulus checks and expanded unemployment insurance during the pandemic together kept 17.2 million people out of poverty in 2020, according to...
Social Security and Medicare funds remain under pressure
WASHINGTON (AP) – Social Security and Medicare, the government’s two biggest benefit programs, remain under intense financial pressure with the retirement of millions of...
More older workers are unwilling to make hasty exit
Retirement is no longer an endpoint for many employees but a turning point into a new phase of work.
Some people continue to work for...
PBN coronavirus summit panel: Many do’s and don’ts in using stimulus...
Planning is crucial in business, and it has never been as difficult as it is now that the coronavirus pandemic has hammered the national...
Social Security isn’t doomed for younger generations
I have good news for younger generations worried that they won’t be able to claim their Social Security benefits because we older generations have...
Why financial literacy is elusive
Graduation season will soon be upon us, and with it, so many admonitions explaining why students are unprepared for the challenges of the real...
The exploding debt crisis
The rising tide of red ink is undermining the economic and social fabric of the United States. Unchecked deficit spending will impose outrageous debt...
New Medicare cards replace Social Security numbers to protect beneficiaries
PROVIDENCE – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is mailing new Medicare cards this month with randomly assigned Medicare numbers instead of Social...
Calling it a career
Are you or any of your employees slated to retire within the next five years?
Yes: 100%
No: 0%
How many of your employees are enrolled in...
Five Questions With: Gary Friedmann
Gary Friedmann is a vice president and portfolio manager for Rockland Trust’s Investment Management Group. In addition to serving clients out of the Providence...
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