When to Start  Your Social Security Check?

When to Start Your Social Security Check?

Toni:  I’ve recently been laid off and have filed for unemployment which will not even begin to pay my monthly bills. I’ve been told I can begin receiving a Social Security check to help fill this gap because I am 63. I thought I had to wait il 66 to begin Social...
AS A RETIRED TEXAS TEACHER … I AM LIVID!!

AS A RETIRED TEXAS TEACHER … I AM LIVID!!

Dear Toni, As a retired Texas teacher …. I decided to stay on my husband’s insurance some 25 years ago when I retired. Fine, TRS said I would never be able to join again. So, I stayed with the TRS Care 2 Aetna group plan to remain on Original Medicare and...
Surprise…Medicare Effective Date Schedule

Surprise…Medicare Effective Date Schedule

Hi Toni:  I am 64 and will be 65 in early September.  I plan to stop working at the end of September 2017.  The Social Security office is confusing me regarding enrolling in Medicare since I turn 65 in September and retiring on the same month.  I’m having trouble...