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    2019 Social Security & Medicare Facts

    By Michael D. Thomas

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    2019 Social Security & Medicare Facts is a one-stop guide for attorneys, CPAs, and retirement and financial planning professionals to advise on tax and policy changes affecting Social Security and Medicare. Organized in a unique and convenient Q&A format, this book helps professionals find exactly what they’re looking for quickly and easily to solve clients’ important planning issues.

    The 2019 edition has been fully revised, featuring:


    • New question & answer sections on the Windfall Elimination Provisions to the Social Security Act and Government Pension Offset

    • Additional information regarding Delayed Retirement Credits and Self-Employment Insurance

    • Expanded coverage of disability benefits, mother and father’s benefits, spousal and surviving spouse benefits, children’s benefits

    • Updated status of the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act

    • Additional coverage of rights and benefits for same-sex marriages

    • Case studies illustrating real-life scenarios of how maximization of benefits strategies can be applied

    • The effect of “Excess Earnings” on benefits for Social Security recipients

    • 2019 inflation-adjusted numbers for Social Security and COLA increases

    • Significant expansion of coverage of Railroad Retirement benefits and benefits for federal government employees, including new questions relating to FERS and Civil Service Retirement program

    • Additional coverage of Military Retirement including addition of coverage of new Blended Retirement program, military disability pay, and coverage for National Guard and Reservists

    • Expanded coverage of disability benefits for Social Security, military, government, and railroad worker

    • Expanded coverage of Medicare Advantage, as well as Medigap insurance, included the elimination of the popular “Plan F”

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    Authored by retirement planning and estate planning experts, 2019 Social Security & Medicare Facts is the practical, comprehensive reference you can rely on.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe National Underwriter Company
    Release dateDec 13, 2018
    ISBN9781949506228
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