Social Security Matters: Reevaluating retirement plan, what are my options?

New polling reveals that particularly younger Americans are willing to embrace changes to shore up Social Security for the long term. (Dreamstime/TNS)

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September 18, 2026

Social Security Matters: Reevaluating retirement plan, what are my options?

By RUSSELL GLOOR

DEAR RUSTY: I am 69 1/2 years old and applied for Social Security in June. I am still working but wa...

Social Security Matters: Why change the ‘Ponzi scam’ now?

By RUSSELL GLOOR

September 4, 2026

DEAR RUSTY: Maybe everybody has the same reaction that I do to Social Security insolvency. I do not understand a system that has been basically run li...

Social Security Matters: Will the money run out soon?

By RUSSELL GLOOR

August 28, 2026

DEAR RUSTY: I’m concerned about Social Security running out of funding, since I rely on it for my income and I’m at an age where my having to go back ...

Social Security Matters: Bitten by Medicare’s IRMAA; now what?

By RUSSELL GLOOR

August 21, 2026

DEAR RUSTY: My wife and I file our taxes jointly. In 2024, I took an IRA Required Minimum Distribution (RMD, which was significantly more than I was r...

Social Security Matters: Reevaluating retirement plan, what are my options?

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