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Time is running out to use a potentially very lucrative Social Security benefits-claiming strategy. Spouses will no longer be able to use the "file and suspend" strategy after April 29, 2016.

Attorney Beth Phillips Attends Annual Special Needs Planning Meeting Beth Phillips attended the 10th annual meeting of the Academy of Special Needs Planners, held in Tucson, Arizona, March 10-12. [...]

Planning for retirement and deciding whether to buy long-term care insurance would be a lot easier if you knew your odds of needing long-term care, as well as at what age and for how long. [...]

Medicare prescription drug plans can change which drugs they cover, leaving you without coverage for a drug you need. Or you may switch plans into a plan that doesn't cover your medication.

Average costs for new long-term care insurance coverage decreased slightly for some types of policyholders compared to a year ago, according to the 2016 Long Term Care Insurance Price Index.