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Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions: Get the Most of Your Retirement and Medical Benefits [Paperback]

Joseph L. Matthews (Author), Dorothy Matthews Berman (Author)
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Social Security, Medicare and Government Pensions February 28, 2005
Everyone wants to get the most out of their retirement benefits -- not to mention the best medical coverage and prescription drug benefits!

Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions clearly explains what the different benefits are, and shows you how to claim what you've earned, including:

*Social Security retirement and disability benefits
*Social Security dependents and survivor benefits
*Supplemental Security Income
*federal, state and local government pensions
*Medicare and Medicaid
*Medigap managed care plans
*veterans benefits
*prescription drug coverage

Completely updated to provide the latest information and changes in benefits, this plain-English book is a must-have for anyone who is retired or about to be.


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About the Author

Joseph Matthews has been an attorney since 1971, and from 1975 to 1977 he taught at the law school of the University of California, Berkeley. He has for many years been involved in matters relating to seniors, and is the author of Social Security, Medicare & Pensions and Beat the Nursing Home Trap, as well as How to Win Your Personal Injury Claim.

Dorothy Matthews Berman has been Program Director at a senior citizens center in the Los Angeles area. She has been involved in work with seniors in various capacities since 1973. Joseph Matthews, her co-author on the book Social Security, Medicare & Pensions, is her son.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Nolo; 10th edition (February 28, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1413301541
  • ISBN-13: 978-1413301540
  • Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,374,198 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Joseph Matthews has been an attorney since 1971, and from 1975 to 1977 he taught at the law school of the University of California, Berkeley. He has for many years been involved in matters relating to seniors, and is the author of Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions and Long Term Care: How to Plan & Play for It, as well as How to Win Your Personal Injury Claim.

 

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This Is A Very Important Book About Your Government Benefits, May 9, 2005
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Here are some of the benefits covered in this book:

Veterans benefits - free or low cost medical care
Social Security - retirement & disability benefits
Supplemental Security Income
Federal Civil Service Retirement Benefits

How to navigate the bureaucracy
Reduce your health care costs

Prescription drug discount cards
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars VERY BASIC.... VERY DISAPPOINTED!, September 28, 2006
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As a government employee, I bought this book hoping it would provide some good tips on the federal retirement system. This book may help the new or very uninformed employee, but that's it. Some of the information on government benefits was just plain wrong, which is why it only gets two stars from me. As an example, it states a FERS employee can contribute a maximum of 10% to the Thrift Savings Plan each year. Wrong! An employee has been able to contribute 15% for years and I believe there is no limit in 2006. This is not good information for a book that was updated in February 2006!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource for people retiring, December 13, 2006
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bought the book to figure out how to take care of my parents. great resource.
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Social Security is the general term that describes a number of related programs-retirement, disability, dependents, and survivors benefits. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pension offset rule, drug discount card program, total countable income, claiming retirement benefits, public employment pension, substitute payee, medigap supplemental insurance, past due benefits, standard medigap policies, full retirement age, home health care coverage, discount card programs, enough work credits, substantial gainful work, drug discount cards, dependents benefits, coinsurance amount, medigap insurance policies, discounted drugs, medigap policy, other managed care plans, own work record, approved charges, service retirement system, medigap plans
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Social Security, United States, Appeals Council, Medically Needy, State Health Insurance Assistance Program, Work Credits Required, Gulf War, Medicare Summary Notice, New York, Categorically Needy, Notice of Noncoverage, Qualified Medicare Beneficiary, Priority Group, Qualifying Individual, Rhode Island, Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary, Supplemental Security Income, Completing the Form, Consumer Price Index, District of Columbia, New Jersey, Office of Personnel Management, World War, Civil Service Retirement System, Keeping Your Benefits
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