Tyler Foster
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You can start Social Security and keep working past full retirement age with no earnings penalty
Full retirement age draws a hard line through Social Security’s rules on working. On one side, earning too much can shrink a benefit; on the...
The Social Security payment for the month a person dies must be returned, even after it reaches the bank
A parent dies in the middle of the month, and a few days later the usual Social Security deposit lands in their checking account. To...
Money Social Security withholds for working before full retirement age comes back later as a higher check
Retirees who claim Social Security early and keep working often watch payments shrink or vanish, and many conclude the government simply took the money. It...
Social Security’s special minimum benefit rewards a long, low-wage career with a higher floor on your check
Most Social Security retirement checks are figured off a worker’s 35 highest-earning years, a formula that quietly punishes decades of low pay. There is a...
A Social Security overpayment can be wiped out entirely when the mistake wasn’t yours and repaying would leave you short
A letter from Social Security demanding thousands of dollars back can land without warning, often for an error the beneficiary never made and never noticed....
A survivor’s Social Security check is capped when the late spouse claimed early, a limit many widows never see coming
Most people assume a surviving spouse simply steps into the larger of the couple’s two Social Security checks. In practice, one quiet provision can hold...
Walmart is keeping $2.9 billion in tariff refunds for price cuts while Amazon mails money back to customers
Walmart has collected roughly $2.9 billion in tariff refunds — the largest sum any retailer has reported — and it is keeping the money to...
Medicare’s Part D drug deductible jumps to $700 for 2027, up from $615, and most plans will cost more
Medicare’s standard Part D drug deductible will climb to $700 in 2027, up from $615 this year, the most a beneficiary can be asked to...
Amazon is refunding about $600 million in tariff charges to shoppers automatically, with no form to file
Amazon has told investors it received about $600 million in tariff refunds and will hand some of that money back to shoppers automatically — no...
Trump is allowing 300,000 tons of cheaper imported ground beef as prices push toward $7 a pound
President Trump has cleared the way for up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to enter the United States without the usual out-of-quota tariff,...
Weatherization assistance can cut a low-income senior’s utility bills with free home upgrades
Heating and cooling a home is one of the largest fixed expenses a retiree on a limited income faces, and it is one of the...
Mortgage closing costs can run 2% to 5% of the loan, due at signing
The interest rate gets almost all the attention when a person buys or refinances a home, but a second, often-overlooked bill lands at the end...
High-yield savings accounts still pay far more than the big banks’ near-zero rates
The gap between what an online high-yield savings account pays and what a big national bank offers has rarely been this wide. As of late...
Medicare covers a continuous glucose monitor and diabetes supplies for many enrollees
Medicare covers a continuous glucose monitor and the supplies that go with diabetes care for many enrollees, a benefit that can replace the daily cost...
Missed signing up for Medicare? A general window runs January through March
Anyone who missed signing up for Medicare when first eligible gets a second chance each year in a window that runs January 1 through March...
Medicare’s Part B premium comes straight out of your Social Security check
For most people on Medicare, the Part B premium is never paid by check or card. It is pulled directly from the monthly Social Security...
