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Television News Pioneer Dedicating His Retirement to Educating Children About Fire Safety

For millions of television viewers, Dr. Frank Field has been the face of their nightly weather and science reports for nearly fifty years at the flagship stations of the NBC and CBS and UPN networks. Now in his eighties Field is trying to change the way Americans think and learn about fire safety.





ProtectSeniors.Org Begins Lobbying for Retirees on Capitol Hill

Some 20 million retirees around the country have reportedly been deeply impacted by cuts or outright loss of healthcare benefits once promised to them by their former employer. A fast growing lobbying movement has been formed on Capitol Hill to push for passage of healthcare legislation to remedy this crisis in a vital Congressional Election Year.



Member of Congress Says Personal Accounts and Spending Discipline Are Keys to Protecting Social Security for all Generations
As early as 2008, the eldest baby boomers can begin receiving Social Security retirement benefits. In the years that follow, this generation’s retirement - combined with the fact that Americans are living longer - will put great pressure on our Social Security system, according to Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). To read more click to visit the American Retiree Opinions Page


What the Rule of 72 says

The Rule of 72 is a finance building block anyone can use to help predict the way your cost of living will increase depending upon the rate of inflation or how your investments will grow depending upon their annual rate of return. This month we received a letter from a retiree in New Jersey speaking to its importantce.


$200,000 In Health Care Costs for Retiree Couples

An average American couple retiring this year will need $200,000 to cover their healthcare costs for the next 20 years in retirement, not including the expense of long-term care. That alarming news is according to Fidelity Investments, which released its fourth annual estimate of retiree medical expenses on in March.



Treasury Department Taps into Federal Employee Pension Plan to Avoid Default

National Debt Clock

With the current national debt exceeding $8 trillion, U.S. treasury officials informed Congress in February 2006 that they have been forced to suspend investments to the government’s retirement savings plan and instead draw down from the employee pension funds to avoid reaching the United States government’s national debt ceiling.






Reports Says Medicare and Social Security Trust Running on Empty

National concerns over the financial solvency of the nation’s two of the leading entitlement programs could once again be heightened with the annual release of the Trustees Report on Medicare and Social Security. The reports, published on May 1, found that the Medicare hospital insurance trust fund could be exhausted by 2018, while the Social Security trust would be exhausted by 2040.



What's all the genealogy hype about?


These days genealogy is gaining the attention of young and old. Searching for information about your ancestors can not only uncover interesting family history but in today's modern world of medical science and genetics, genealogy can also provide answers to our own heath by looking at our ancestor's medical conditions, state of health and what contributed to their demise. Professional Genealogist and Historian Joan Koster-Morales joins the staff of American Retiree with her new regular series: Genealogically Speaking.

Doctors Say: Fish Food for Thought

The answer to keeping your brain functioning at full capacity well into old age may be as close as your local supermarket seafood counter.






Prescription Checklist Helps in Choosing Medicare Drug Plan

During October, seniors will be receiving information in the mail about the new Medicare prescription drug benefit from both Medicare-approved private plans and from the Medicare agency.




Teaching Retirees to Turn Their Votes Into Real Clout on Capitol Hill
Jack Cohen, has spent the last two and a half years serving as the Co-State Leader and a Congressional District Leader with the National Retiree Legislative Network in New York State. He views his volunteer efforts as an opportunity to reach out to other retirees and as a way to enlighten and inspire them on the issues on Capitol Hill.

Standing Up To Big Brown
In May 2006, a Broward County Circuit Court jury in Florida found that United Parcel Service (UPS), the largest package delivery company in the world, had wrongfully terminated John Thigpen, a twenty-year delivery truck driver. Following a four-day trial, a jury awarded Mr. Thigpen nearly $6 million in damages finding that the delivery company had unlawfully retaliated against him for pursuing workers’ compensation benefits.



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I.B.M., General Motors and Verizon Freeze Pension Plans

As a New Year’s surprise to its employees IBM, which operates the third-largest corporate pension fund in the United States, said it would freeze pension benefits and only offer employees a 401(k) retirement plan in the future. In February General Motors the world’s largest automaker said it planned to freeze its retiree pension program, and introduce a defined benefit plan or cash balance plan, as well as make other changes in its retirement program for future retirees.


Wall Street Says Corporations Are Burdened by Legacy Healthcare Costs

The last few years have not been kind to America’s retirees. Recent years have seen the demise of several plans in the steel and airline industries. In 2004 United Airlines cast tens of thousands of its retirees into the welfare of the federal government run Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation, forcing pension reduction of up to 70% for some retirees.



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When it is Time to Take the Keys Away
In youth the initial the idea of a driver’s license stands for one thing, total freedom. Upon the onset of adulthood, however, it evolves to the notion of long commutes, traffic, insurance rates, and the occasional car accident that all become a part of the driving experience. That is, until occasional car accident becomes a more frequent event and one’s ability to continue driving comes into question.
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The Unplanned Parenthood
When relatives take on the full responsibility of a taking care of a child belonging to another family member it is not always easy - especially for grandparents taking on the role of caregiver to a grandchild.
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Back to the Grind with no Alternative
In a recent member poll by a national retiree association, approximately one-in-five respondents indicated that mounting expenses have forced them to go back to work to make ends meet.
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Fixing Social Security: Privatization and the Alternatives
The federal Social Security Administration has predicted that the current Social Security system will start paying out more in benefits than it collects from taxes by the year 2018.
Heating up is the debate over just how to fix the over 60 year-old system.
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The Living Will:
A Lesson from the Terri Schiavo Case / Draft your own Will
Terri Schiavo became a household name following court decisions that the Florida woman should be removed from life support despite objections from her parents and even President Bush. The courts eventually granted the wishes of Michael Schiavo, the 41-year old woman’s husband.
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Age Discrimination Rules Apply to Healthcare Says Federal Judge

A federal judge this spring barred the government from allowing companies to exclude retiree healthcare plans from age discrimination rules. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) proposed change — which was rejected and that many retiree activist groups believed discriminated against some retirees— would have allowed companies to offer better healthcare packages to younger retirees than they give to older retirees.
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Opinion Editorials / Letters to the Editor

A storm is brewing on the horizon for America’s senior citizens. Escalating health care costs, corporations defaulting on pension plans, a poorly crafted Medicare prescription drug program, a dwindling Social Security fund and record federal budget deficits for as far as the eye can see have provided all the ingredients for “the perfect storm”.
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