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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. Read Full Story | |
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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”. Read Letter | |
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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 
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.
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.
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.
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.
The answer to keeping your brain functioning at full capacity well into old age may be as close as your local supermarket seafood counter.
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.
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.
