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The Coronavirus Vaccine Is Like the Wild West: How to Get in Line and Get Your Shot

Category: Health and Wellness Issues

January 3, 2020 — Hundreds of millions of Americans can’t wait to have a coronavirus vaccine pumped into their arms. The problem is the wait could be long, and the process to get one could turn into the wild west – every person for themself. Evidence of that is already…

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Published on January 2, 2021
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Most Read Retirement Stories of 2020

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

January 6, 2020 – The coronavirus and the election might have been the two big national stories in 2020, but Topretirements Members and visitors had some other issues on their minds as well. We published almost 100 Blog stories last year, and it turns out that once again, features that…

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Published on January 6, 2021
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The 3 Critical Things About Social Security Most People Don’t Understand

Category: Financial and taxes in retirement

January 9, 2020 – Most of the people who took the new version of our popular Social Security IQ Quiz were able to get a passing score of 60%. But there were 3 questions that many people had a lot of difficulty answering correctly. That lack…

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Published on January 9, 2021
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The Best Places to Retire in Arizona: A Virtual Tour

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

January 12, 2020 — Arizona is a really popular place to retire because of its climate, scenery, and interesting towns. At Topretirements it is the second most popular state for retirement. It also has the second highest net immigration of people over 65 (SmartAsset). Since Covid has put the damper…

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Published on January 11, 2021
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Should You Retire in Mexico: Here’s What Those Who’ve Done It Say

Category: International Retirement

January 16, 2021 – Living the expatriate life in retirement can be great… or not so wonderful. So much depends on where you retire to, your preparation, and what you bring to the party. Almost 10 years ago we published an interview with Steven Anderson, who wrote a book about…

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Published on January 15, 2021
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Medicare Advantage and Part D Drug Plans to Get Price Comparison Feature

Category: Health and Wellness Issues

January 23, 2020 — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that will allow enrollees to know in advance and compare their out-of-pocket payments for different prescription drugs. The changes are generally effective for the 2022 plan year and will potentially lower enrollee cost sharing…

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Published on January 22, 2021
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Florida Snowbirds Still Eligible for Vaccine – But Is Governor Playing Politics?

Category: Health and Wellness Issues

January 23 — Outrage over media reports of Canadians and other foreigners paying big dollars for charter flights to Miami for coronavirus vaccine shots generated understandable blowback. Reacting, Florida Gov. DeSantis took steps to eliminate this form of medical tourism this week. While that made most residents happier, Florida’s many…

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Published on January 23, 2021
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10 Best of the Best Places to Retire for 2021

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

January 26, 2021 — Every year we have fun rendering our opinion on the very “Best Places to Retire“. This list is meant to highlight retirement towns that represent exceptionally great places to retire. But it is important to remember, any place where you can be happy in retirement, that…

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Published on January 26, 2021
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Movie Review: Some Kind of Heaven: Is More More or Is Less More?

Category: Active adult communities

By Larry Gavrich January 29, 2021 — With 3,000 social clubs, more than 30 golf clubs, 89 swimming pools and dozens of taverns, The Villages in north central Florida does not seem like the kind of place where any residents could be depressed or bored.  But, according to a new…

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Published on January 29, 2021
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