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yes--premium increase are common and regular with LTC. There is nothing that you can do about it. Switching to another company will be the same problem AND will probably increase your cost right off the bat as you are 3 years older. It's insurance w...
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Re: How do you choose a place to retire? I've already made 1 mistake and don't want to make another.
My personal criteria are cheap and warm. I suggest you use one of the "retirement places rated" resources such as sperlings https://www.bestplaces.net/docs/studies/americas_best_cities_for_a_healthy_retirement.aspxBit dig into the criteria for each p...
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It's a fixed annuity plain and simple. When used in an IRA, you don't need to take distributions from it until age 85 (rather than age 70.5). If you are a conservative investor, this may be fine for you as fixed annuities typically pay 1% more tha...
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Saving social security in its current form is a very very bad idea. I know that AARP thinks that SS is great, but they think that for political reasons, not for common sense reasons. SS has become a transfer program for your grandchildren to you. ...
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You say "paying benefits has taken over just about all of the current collections, so we aren't socking away enough to cover those who are retiring at the current baby boomer rate of 10,000 a day." This is accurate and in fact, social security has be...
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yes--premium increase are common and regular with LTC. There is nothing that you can do about it. Switching to another company will be the same problem AND will probably increase your cost right off the bat as you are 3 years older. It's insurance w...
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Re: How do you choose a place to retire? I've already made 1 mistake and don't want to make another.
My personal criteria are cheap and warm. I suggest you use one of the "retirement places rated" resources such as sperlings https://www.bestplaces.net/docs/studies/americas_best_cities_for_a_healthy_retirement.aspxBit dig into the criteria for each p...
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It's a fixed annuity plain and simple. When used in an IRA, you don't need to take distributions from it until age 85 (rather than age 70.5). If you are a conservative investor, this may be fine for you as fixed annuities typically pay 1% more tha...
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Saving social security in its current form is a very very bad idea. I know that AARP thinks that SS is great, but they think that for political reasons, not for common sense reasons. SS has become a transfer program for your grandchildren to you. ...
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You say "paying benefits has taken over just about all of the current collections, so we aren't socking away enough to cover those who are retiring at the current baby boomer rate of 10,000 a day." This is accurate and in fact, social security has be...
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yes--premium increase are common and regular with LTC. There is nothing that you can do about it. Switching to another company will be the same problem AND will probably increase your cost right off the bat as you are 3 years older. It's insurance w...
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Re: How do you choose a place to retire? I've already made 1 mistake and don't want to make another.
My personal criteria are cheap and warm. I suggest you use one of the "retirement places rated" resources such as sperlings https://www.bestplaces.net/docs/studies/americas_best_cities_for_a_healthy_retirement.aspxBit dig into the criteria for each p...
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It's a fixed annuity plain and simple. When used in an IRA, you don't need to take distributions from it until age 85 (rather than age 70.5). If you are a conservative investor, this may be fine for you as fixed annuities typically pay 1% more tha...
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Saving social security in its current form is a very very bad idea. I know that AARP thinks that SS is great, but they think that for political reasons, not for common sense reasons. SS has become a transfer program for your grandchildren to you. ...
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You say "paying benefits has taken over just about all of the current collections, so we aren't socking away enough to cover those who are retiring at the current baby boomer rate of 10,000 a day." This is accurate and in fact, social security has be...
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| Name | Larry |
| larry-klein@comcast.net | |
| Date Registered | 03-14-2013 08:32 PM |
| Last Visited | 01-11-2022 02:46 PM |
| Total Messages Posted | 34 |
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