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Updated October 22, 2024 — The stunning devastation from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, so quick in succession, puts an exclamation point on climate and other natural disasters. It would not be crazy to wonder – is there anywhere you retire that is safe. And it’s not just hurricanes – the…
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October 7, 2024 — The votes are in – thank you everyone who took a moment to add your voice! There are several interesting conclusions we can make from the two separate polls we recently conducted, one on your favorite cruise destinations, and the other your pick for the cruise…
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Category: Social Security
October 8, 2024 — With the election coming soon, the issue that most directly affects retired people is the impending Social Security and Medicare funding crisis. If nothing is done, Social Security recipients will face a 20% cut in benefits in 2035, just over 10 years from now. Medicare will…
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Category: Social Security
Oct. 11, 2025 – The Social Security Administration announced that the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for recipients will be 2.5% in 2025. It is the smallest increase since the pandemic. Although doubtless recipients would have hoped for a bigger rise, the silver lining is it reflects the good news…
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Category: Financial and taxes in retirement
October 15, 2024 — As if Florida condo owners didn’t have enough to worry about. A deadly duo of hurricanes caused suffering and loss of human life. But Condo buildings 3 stories face other kinds of challenges, as December 31 deadlines for Florida’s stringent new engineering inspections and reserve studies…
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Category: Active adult communities
October 23, 2024 – Residents of Florida are concerned, rightly, about the hazards of extreme weather events like hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods. So it was interesting to see how two communities, designed to take whatever Mother Nature can dish out, and located in the center of the storm area, would…
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Category: Medicare
October 24, 2024 — If you think you might have a hearing problem (or more likely, if a family member says you do), you should get your hearing tested. Now that some models are available over the counter, hearing aids are becoming more affordable. One easy way to test your…
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Category: Bucket Lists
Oct. 29, 2024 — Sal Hyer is a former municipal employee who retired in early 2024. One of the dreams he and his wife Lisa had was to go on a long adventure across the country. He wanted to take his pickup truck, but Lisa did not want to stay…
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Category: Family and Retirement
October 30, 2024 — A reader wrote in with this unusual request for advice. It is a very common conundrum for retirees – should they move across the country to live near their adult children? Or, retire where they had planned to, and see the kids when they have the…
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