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Medicare has an online Plan Finder to review other Medicare Advantage and Part D plans available where you live. There is a separate Medigap Policy Search tool.
https://www.medicare.gov/find-a-plan/questions/home.aspx
https://www.medicare.gov/find-a-plan/questions/medigap-home.aspx
Good story about one benefit claiming strategy : If you're a widow(er), you can claim survivor benefits based on your spouse's record. You can use these benefits, and defer benefits based on your record until age 70 (when they're higher).
Thus, you can eat your cake now, and enjoy more cake later.
1. Social Security will cover my income needs
2. It's better to take Social Security benefits early
3. I'll receive full benefits at 65
4. Once I start benefits, I can’t work anymore
5. I won't pay taxes on Social Security
6. Once I start Social Security, I have to continue receiving it
7. My divorce will reduce my benefits
Interesting article which says that married women should work later, and delay Social Security benefits, to improve their retirement income.
This is largely due to the fact that married women tend to be younger than their spouses, and because women tend to live longer than men.
Good story on ABLE (Achieve a Better Living Experience) accounts which were created in 2014 to help disabled folks grow living funds on a tax-free basis.
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