Bankroll Your Future Retirement with Help from Uncle Sam, Second Edition [Paperback]

Ellen Hoffman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 5, 2001

For the first time in paperback, this highly praised guide is now updated with the latest information on federal programs and laws that affect every American's retirement security—from the author of The Retirement Catch-Up Guide. Whether you like it or not, Uncle Sam will have an impact on your retirement. To understand how and what to do about it, Hoffman has created an excellent guide to all the pertinent topics: Social Security, Medicare, Long Term Care, Pensions, Nursing Home Care, Job Security/Age Discrimination Laws, Your Retirement Home, Consumer Protection, and Tax Laws. In each area, she clearly covers: What You Need to Know; The Decisions You Need to Make; The Tax Factor; and Where to Find More Information. Written with clarity and care, with simple examples from everyday life and checklists of potential tax savings, this handy paperback won rave reviews when first published in hardcover (under the title Bankroll Your Future).

Editorial Reviews

Review

An invaluable resource for every American planning for a secure retirement. -- Senator William V. Roth, Jr., chairman, U.S. Senate Finance Committee, creator of the Roth IRA

[E]ssential....delivers the goods without a lot of fuss... has her material down cold... a great job of keeping things lively. -- USA Today

About the Author

Ellen Hoffman is the author of The Retirement Catch-Up Guide, the retirement columnist for Business Week Online and has written for Money magazine's monthly newsletter, Retire With Money, Modern Maturity, and other national magazines. She has appeared on the Today Show, CNN, MSNBC, and many other television programs. Hoffman has served on the staff of the US Senate, where one of her specialties was issues affecting the elderly. She lives in the Washington, D.C. area.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Newmarket Press; 2nd ed edition (May 5, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557044627
• ISBN-13: 978-1557044624
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,256,187 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Guide to Get More & Keep More for Your Retirement, January 20, 2000

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J. Campbell "amazinjac" (Loudoun County, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bankroll your Future: How to Get the Most from Uncle Sam for Your Retirement Years--Social Security, Medicare, and Much More (Hardcover)

'Bankroll Your Future' is the primer for what you need to know about Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Pension Plans and tax aspects of retirement planning. The resource listings alone are worth the price of the book. Hoffman's knowledge of the field provides phone numbers and addresses which I did not find in weeks of research. The examples are easy to follow and cover a wide range of situations. Everyone in the US who plans to retire should read this book.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you are planning retirement, buy this book., March 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Bankroll your Future: How to Get the Most from Uncle Sam for Your Retirement Years--Social Security, Medicare, and Much More (Hardcover)

I am at that age where there's alot fewer years ahead than there are behind. To wit, I am at a time when I must be plotting my financial survival beyond my professional career. Ellen Hoffman's BANKROLL YOUR FUTURE is a terrific compass with which to navigate these choppy and often confusing waters! For those of us fuzzy about the ramifications of government programs like social security and medicare, Hoffman clarifies and updates us in language that is clear and accessible. Likewise, she explores and illucidates issues relating to pensions, tax deferred retirement savings, invests and more. For those of us coming to grips with our financial survival in our retirement, Hoffman's book is a gift. She writes about subjects which would otherwise give me a migraine in a accessible fashion.Fortified with Hoffman's book, I am much further down the road towards planning and understanding my financial future.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bankroll Your Future Retirement With Help from Uncle Sam, May 17, 2001

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Pam Parziale (Kearneysville, WV United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bankroll Your Future Retirement with Help from Uncle Sam, Second Edition (Paperback)

This book has been enormously helpful to me and my family. It is especially useful in helping to solve complicated financial problems facing an elderly parent. Bankroll explains things in a way that is easy to understand and provides in-depth information that I can use. This book points out key issues that I would have otherwise missed that relate to social security and Medicare. In addition, it provides information on state programs like QMBY that I had never heard of before reading this book.

Between taking care of an elderly parent, work and family, there isn't time to search the web seeking possible answers to difficult financial problems. This book gets my five stars. Pam P.