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Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions: Get the Most Out of Your Retirement and Medical Benefits (28th Edition) Spiral-Bound | February 28, 2023

Joseph Matthews

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This book helps baby boomers navigate the Medicare and Social Security systems and maximize their benefits, and, if they need to, to appeal denials of services and benefits. The book also explains Social Security disability, veterans disability compensation, and federal retirement benefits as well as SSI, Medicaid, and veterans pension for low-income readers.

Your complete guide to Social Security retirement and medical benefitsThe rules for claiming Social Security benefits have changed. Find out if you can still choose between your own benefits and spousal benefits. Learn this and more with Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions—completely updated for 2023.Social Security benefits. Figure out how to get retirement, disability, dependents, and survivors benefits, or Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Decide whether it’s best to claim benefits early, at full retirement age, or not until you turn 70—and how to time your claims so you and your spouse get the best benefits.Medicare & Medicaid. Learn how to qualify for and enroll in both programs, including Medicare Part D drug coverage.Medigap insurance & Medicare Advantage plans. Compare Medigap and Medicare Advantage plans, and choose what’s best for you.Government pensions & veterans benefits. Discover when and how to claim the benefits you have earned.What’s New in 2023?
  • Lower drug costs under Part D
  • New Medicare costs and Social Security amounts for 2023, and
  • Changes to some Medigap plans.

Whether you’re looking for yourself or helping a parent, you’ll find valuable information here to help get the benefits you’ve earned.

Publisher: Ingram Publisher Services
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 512 pages
ISBN-10: 1413330509
Item Weight: 1.7 lbs
Dimensions: 7.0 x 1.3 x 9.0 inches
Customer Reviews: 4 out of 5 stars Up to 30 ratings
"Guide[s] you through the maze of Social Security and Medicare in simple English"The Wall Street Journal

"The inside scoop on how to get the most out of the current system"Accounting Today

"Written with clear, complete explanations that will explain how benefits can actually be claimed and more" Senior Times

"Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions: Get the Most Out of Your Retirement & Medical Benefits" fully explains all of the new rules and pertinent strategies on and for Social Security conditions, personal and spousal benefits, as well as benefits for disabilities, dependents, survivors, and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). This complete and comprehensive reference will prove critically important for anyone trying to decide whether to take an early Social Security benefit or wait until age 70. "Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions" covers earn how to qualify for and enroll in both Medicare and Medicaid programs, including Medicare Part D drug coverage. "Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions" will prove invaluable for understanding Medigap insurance and Medicare Advantage plans, as well as what new Medigap policies are available (and old ones that aren't), comparing Medigap and Medicare Advantage plans, and ultimately choosing what's best. Of special note is the information "Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions" provides on government pensions and veterans benefits, including discovers when and how to claim the benefits earned. Enhanced with information on how to file many essential forms online, "Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions"will prove to be an indispensable and reliable informational guide and reference, making it critically important and highly recommended addition for community library Money/Finance instructional reference collections." Midwest Book Review, James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief

Joseph Matthews has been an attorney since 1971. In the early years of his legal career, he taught at the law school of the University of California, Berkeley. He has for many years been involved in matters relating to seniors, and is the author of Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions and Long Term Care: How to Plan & Pay for It, as well as How to Win Your Personal injury Claim.