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Byline: Joanne Cleaver Madison resident Carol Martell found a new calling after retiring in 2013 from her position as an administrative assistant with a religious denomination. She joined the AARP [...]

Byline: Natalie Missakian Jim O'Brien recalls missing only one election in almost 50 years of voting, and the 69-year-old Cheshire resident knows he's not alone among people his age in [...]

Abstract. Despite the attempt by some to condemn it because of the unfortunate experience of some service members at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, military medicine has long provided healthcare [...]

Two elderly political activists represent opposing views on the debate on entitlements for the elderly. Olive Hunt supports the plan to put a cap on the cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) of pensions, while Charles Salk sees the need for an annual COLA to keep abreast of inflation.

On Thursday, the House passed legislation allowing military families and retirees covered under Medicare and TRICARE to continue seeing their regular doctors. The Senate approved the bill on Wednesday. The [...]

Hopes to help save thousands of pensioners whose employers' schemes have gone bust were dealt a blow last week after Gordon Brown overruled plans for a AGBP725m government bail out, [...]

Congressional number crunchers have released their most recent ideas for decreasing the country's deficit. Reducing benefits for federal employees and retirees, not surprisingly, is on the list. Many of the [...]

Editor's note: Retirement Planning columnist Tammy Flanagan will return next week. Legislative priorities for helping the federal government's crop of retirees and soon-to-be retirees haven't changed substantially in a long [...]

The government is being urged to provide a Home-Saver equity release product for people not eligible for commercial products in the market. A report by the Social Market Foundation claims [...]

An alternative white paper on pension reform was launched at the House of Commons last week backed by unions and the National Pensioners Convention (NPC) in a bid to force [...]

Chapter 11 has become a mechanism for transferring wealth from retirees to vulture investors. Congress needs to step in and fix the system before more hard-working Americans end up facing [...]

GOP group calls for cuts in federal retirees' benefits to fund Katrina relief A group of Republican House members called Wednesday for cuts to some federal retirees' benefits to help [...]

Pensioners in Leicester are outraged at what they see as guarantees made by the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (Opra) not being met, leaving them with little or no income in [...]

Senators vow to overturn laws that reduce federal retirees' benefits An old fight resumed Wednesday when Senate Governmental Affairs Chairwoman Susan Collins, R-Maine, set her sights on changing two 20-year-old [...]

House approves bill protecting federal retiree drug benefit House lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday that would ensure federal retirees retain the same prescription drug benefits federal employees have after Congress [...]

Corporate reform is the mantra of policymakers in the wake of the massive corporate fraud scandals of the past couple of years. Numerous proposals have been discussed in Congress and [...]

SAN FRANCISCO - After months of dissension at the $11 billion San Francisco City & County Employees' Retirement System over the selection of a new alternatives consultant, board members and [...]

If you ask any lobbyist which groups get what they want in Washington, the American Association of Retired Persons would be among those at the top of the list. That [...]

letters@govexec.com (mailto:letters@govexec.com) Federal retirees hope this month's congressional repeal of the earnings test for Social Security beneficiaries is just Act I of a three-act play to improve their retirement benefits. [...]

The Association of U S West Retirees is accusing U S West of misusing customer money and breaking promises to employees in its quest for greater shareholder value. The 45,000-member […]

There has been a moratorium on Tricare fee increases for the past three years. It is likely that fees will not be increased for Fiscal Year 2009 either. How long […]

It is common for retirees to become involved in political campaigns and committees on a voluntary basis. Volunteers welcome the opportunity to work for issues in which they believe.