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 employees—Windfall 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