What the Trump Retirement Security Executive Order Means for You

President Trump last week issued an executive order aimed at increasing retirement security for Americans, telling an audience in North Carolina that “we believe all Americans should be able to retire with the confidence, dignity and economic security … Continue reading

How Clif Bar Helps Employees Do Good in Retirement

Many workers nearing retirement consider working part-time at a nonprofit as their next act. But a lack of experience in the nonprofit world stops them from applying. Here’s what could help: If more employers started doing something like what the organ… Continue reading

How Medicare Coordinates With Employer Health Care

If you’re 65 or older, working and have an employer group health plan based on your current work, you may have questions about how your job-based insurance coordinates with Medicare. On our Medicare Rights Center National Consumer Helpline, such questi… Continue reading

What Nora Ephron Can Teach Us About Planning a Funeral

In June 2012, Meryl Streep gave one of her finest performances to a limited crowd. She hadn’t had much time to prepare, but it was a role that had been planned for her months, if not years, earlier. It’s just that the planner hadn’t thought to tell her… Continue reading

Getting Advertisers to Think Differently About Aging

Do you ever feel that advertisers and marketers don’t understand, or really speak to, people over 50? That they’re missing what 21st century aging is all about? Then you’ll be interested to see what advertising executive Nadia Tuma-Weldon says. She’s t… Continue reading

Soon, You’ll Be Able to See Hospital Prices Online

(This article previously appeared on PolicyGenius.com.) Patients will be able to see a list of a hospital’s standard charges online starting Jan. 1, under guidelines proposed by the Trump administration. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services… Continue reading

When Women Are Called ‘Aggressive’ at Work

(This article is adapted from the new book Nevertheless, She Persisted: True Stories of Women Leaders in Tech by Pratima Rao Gluckman. Reprinted with permission of the author.) One of my close friends is working with an executive coach who is helping h… Continue reading

Will You Flunk Retirement? Here’s How to Know

(This article is adapted from Don’t Retire Rewire!) The transition to retirement is stressful, and that stress is made worse by not having a plan. Leaving full-time work is a time of change, ambiguity and lack of structure. It’s easier to know where yo… Continue reading

John McCain’s Brain Cancer and What It Means for You

(Editor’s note: The family of Sen. John McCain said today that the Arizona Republican will no longer receive care for his brain cancer, a sign that he is most likely entering his final days. Below is a previously-published Next Avenue article about McC… Continue reading