2015 Social Security & Medicare Facts

This essential resource delivers completely up-to-date answers to over 500 Social Security & Medicare questions all in a convenient Q & A format, fully indexed and filled with time-saving charts and tables:

The 2015 Edition includes updated coverage of:
Retirement & disability benefits
Filing for benefits
Loss of Social Security benefits due to "excess" retirement earnings
Social Security taxes
Railroad retirement
Benefits for federal government employees
Medicare Part A, Hospital Insurance
Medicare Part B, Medical Insurance
Medicare Part C, Medicare Advantage
Medicare Part D, Prescription Drug Insurance
How to submit Medicare claims as well as filing appeals
Social Security coverage
Benefit computation
Taxation of Social Security benefits
Wages & self-employment income
Benefits for service members & veterans
And much more

Highlights of the 2015 Edition:
Case studies illustrating over three dozen real-life strategies used to ensure that your clients get the opportunity to analyze, review and choose different strategies that work best for them for maximizing Social Security benefits
Over 30 new Q&As and significant new content regarding:
- Retirement and benefits eligibility
- Benefits computation and maximization
- Annual earnings test
- Delayed retirement credits
- Spousal benefits
- Survivor's benefits
- Children's benefits
- Public employeesWindfall Elimination Provision/Government Pension Offset
- Disability benefits
- Taxation of benefits/repayment of benefits
Discussion of the "File and Suspend" and "Restricted Application" techniques
Updated 2015 numbers regarding the Earnings Base and Cost of Living Adjustments
Discussion of same-sex marriage and its effects on Social Security and Medicare benefits

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