If you are a wartime Veteran who meets certain income, net worth, age or disability requirements, or you are a surviving spouse, then you may be eligible for VA’s pension benefits. But did you know that VA’s Aid and Attendance and Housebound benefits, or enhanced pension, can boost your pension payments? If you need help with daily activities, or if you are housebound, you may qualify for an increased monthly pension.

Here at Humana, Jennifer Adams Tucker is a Supervisor in Credentialing. She has always had a passion for track and field, as does her husband, Darryl. When Jennifer received an email detailing Humana’s plan to sponsor the Kentucky Senior Gamesopens new window, a competition with a newly open Masters League for 40-49 year olds, her interest was piqued. It wasn’t until Jennifer saw another Humana associate participating on Facebook that she and [...]

Health care in retirement is a big-ticket item. Experts estimate that an average 65-year-old retired couple in 2021 would need about $300,000 in after-tax savings earmarked for health care costs in their post-work life, even with Medicare, according to Fidelity. The totals are daunting, but you can take steps to keep costs as low as possible with the right planning, good insurance choices and a healthy understanding of your conditions [...]

Saving for retirement isn’t always an easy feat — especially when you don’t know where, when or how to start. Often times, it’s only after retirees have left the workforce and are finally spending their savings that they realize there were a few things they could have done differently. Hindsight is 20/20 and while you can’t turn back the clock, you can avoid making some common mistakes that lead to regret when [...]

Beginning in February 2020, America, Canada, and Europe locked down cities, closed businesses, and halted travel amidst the onset of COVID-19. Nearly a year later, we’re still experiencing the pandemic’s global impact in our communities.  A record number of people have applied for unemployment in America since March, and millions are still left jobless, behind on their bills, or struggling to make ends meet. If your hours were reduced, your spouse lost [...]

When it comes to income in retirement, one looming question confronts most individuals: How much money is enough? While the answer to that question in never black-and-white, recent headlines about the solvency of Social Security could be injecting more fear into that dilemma. Last week, the Social Security Administration released its annual trustees report. Its new projections moved up the date for when the fund that pays retirement benefits would [...]