health insurance

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  Biggest Shock for Retirees Is Health Care Cost

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  July 17, 2012

  For middle-income retirees, health care and the costs associated with it are the most surprising thing about retirement, a Bankers Life and Casualty survey found.

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  Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Law

  By Allison Bell  |  June 28, 2012

  In a surprise, Chief Justice Roberts joins 5-4 opinion, justifying ruling by calling individual mandate a tax and not a penalty as stated in the law.

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  Supreme Court Ruling Won’t Mute Varied Health Care Concerns

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  June 28, 2012

  Despite the outcome of the ruling on the Affordable Care Act, the consensus is that the nation’s health care problems will not disappear and that Washington will still have its hands full for years to come.

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  Top 10 Critical Financial Tips During Divorce

  By Dan Berman, AdvisorOne  |  June 27, 2012

  These simple, but important, tips can help you organize your finances before and after the dissolution of your marriage.

• A Seasoned Guide for Uncertain Times

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  June 27, 2012

  Allen D. Rutledge is a financial advisor for our uncertain times: the struggling economy, the high market volatility, the European debt crisis—everything holding back the post-global financial meltdown’s comeback.

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  Unintended Consequences of the HIT: Eliminating Health Coverage in Small Businesses

  By William H. Byrnes, Esq., Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M.  |  June 13, 2012

  The new health care reform legislation contains a tax that could spell the end of employer-sponsored health coverage for many small-business employees.

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  Post-Retirement Health Care: A Quarter-Million-Dollar Dilemma

  By Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M., William H. Byrnes, Esq.  |  May 25, 2012

  Many of your clients retiring this year are likely to incur about $240,000 per couple in out-of-pocket health care expenses during retirement. How do you advise them to cover these expenses on a fixed income?

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  Baby Boomers Sacrifice Retirement for Kids—Again

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 1, 2012

  Many boomers delayed saving for retirement to save for the steep cost of their children's college education. Now, even though many boomers’ portfolios are recovering, it doesn't mean they're out of the financial wilderness just yet.

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  Obama Budget Would Eliminate IRA Benefits for Upper Middle Class

  By Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M., William H. Byrnes, Esq.  |  April 4, 2012

  It is not just the rich who might find themselves subject to substantially higher taxes in 2013—several initiatives in Obama’s 2013 budget proposal would eliminate many important tax benefits of retirement savings plans for upper-middle-class taxpayers.

• Society of Actuaries Releases Two Consumer Retirement Briefs

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  January 24, 2012

  As part of its “Managing Retirement Decisions” series, the Society of Actuaries released two retirement planning briefs in December in order to help consumers deal with some of the challenges.