Healthcare

Retirement Upside

Clients Forced to Make Roth Catch-Up Contributions? Consider HSAs

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A recent rule change requiring higher earners to use Roth accounts for catch-up contributions has some adopting a different strategy.

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Advisor Upside

Are Clients in Denial About Retirement Healthcare Costs?

Scary stats about the cost of health care in retirement drive many to simply ignore the issue, resulting in missed planning opportunities.

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Advisor Upside

For Your (Tax) Health: The Underloved HSA

HSAs are lauded for their triple-tax benefits, and can be useful for wealthy clients, even if they don’t do much to improve American health care.

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Retirement Upside

Claiming Medicare Is Just the Beginning Amid ‘Silver Tsunami’

Getting the most out of Medicare requires regular reevaluation and carefully balancing risks with costs, experts say.

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Retirement Upside

Why More Medicare Advantage Plans Are Trimming Benefits

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After years of aggressive expansion, many Medicare Advantage plans are recalibrating popular extras and changing costs.

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Healthcare

Moderna Spikes After FDA’s About-Face on mRNA Flu Vaccine

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Just last week, the agency rejected Moderna’s initial application, citing flaws in the company’s research design.

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ETF Upside

New ETFs Aim to Help Investors Pay for Rising Healthcare Costs

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With the average cost of health care regularly outpacing inflation, Americans are struggling to afford it.

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