Medicare

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  Demographic Nightmare: Boomer Retirement Disaster Looms

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 17, 2013

  "We’re living into our 80s, 90s and 100s," says Wilmington Trust's Kathryn Karlic. "We’ll have four generations around a single pocket of wealth, with 80-year-old women taking care of their 100-year-old parents."

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  Olivia Mitchell: Saving Social Security, With Lessons From Down Under

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  January 11, 2013

  The Wharton professor offers a unique policy proposal, inspired by programs overseas, that would strengthen Social Security without raising costs or cutting benefits.

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  Kitces on the Top 3 Topics for Advisors in 2013—Topic 3: Obamacare

  By Michael E. Kitces  |  January 10, 2013

  This year may mark the beginning of a permanent change in separating employment from health insurance. Why this development in health exchanges holds major implications for you and your clients.

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  Fiscal Cliff Deal Kicks Military Families’ Concerns Down the Road

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  January 10, 2013

  The feelings of stress and fear that military families reported feeling ahead of a decision on the fiscal cliff and sequestration have only been extended, not assuaged, by the deal passed on Jan. 1, First Command reported Monday.

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  CPAs Take Dim View of Nation’s Fiscal Health

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  January 9, 2013

  CPAs are normally a staid bunch, but members of the largest accounting group are over the edge about the nation’s fiscal cliff.

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  Krugman for Treasury Secretary? Draft Movement Under Way

  By John Sulllivan  |  January 8, 2013

  In news destined to make conservatives revolt (or retch), a movement has been started to draft Paul Krugman for Treasury secretary.

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  House Passes Fiscal Cliff Bill, Averting Plunge—for Now

  By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press  |  January 2, 2013

  House passes Senate bill, 257-167, shortly before midnight, sending legislation to President Barack Obama to sign.

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  House Takes Up Senate’s Fiscal Cliff Bill

  By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press  |  January 1, 2013

  Legislation to negate a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts to the Pentagon and other government agencies is headed to the GOP-dominated House after bipartisan, middle-of-the-night approval in the Senate.

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  Who Will Be Subject to Obamacare Net Investment Tax?

  By Richard Niles, J.D., Senior Editor, Tax Facts Online  |  December 20, 2012

  IRS provides guidance on Obamacare 3.8% investment income tax, including who is affected, and on the Additional Medicare Tax.

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  A Toll Road as Metaphor for the Fiscal Cliff

  By Andrew Rice, Money Management Services  |  December 20, 2012

  As the country drives toward the fiscal cliff, a metaphor on taxes and capitalism.