This column appears in the March issue of The Business Monthly serving Howard and Anne Arundel counties. A half century ago, I spent a year in the belly of the federal bureaucracy at the Social ...

With 2025 underway, the AFS Health Care team highlights some of the most pressing legal issues facing the health care industry this year.

In a party line vote, the Republican-controlled House Budget Committee advanced their budget resolution to move forward ...

There’s a lot happening in the federal government, and American retirees could see changes in their budgets and benefits as a ...

UnitedHealth Group stock is sinking Friday after media reports indicated the Justice Department is investigating the health ...

Senate Republicans took a major step to advance President Donald Trump’s sweeping agenda early Friday morning, voting to ...

Social Security, retirement accounts, taxable accounts and pensions all have different tax implications. When you start ...

For example, a portion of your paycheck is withheld under the FICA tax. FICA stands for Federal Insurance Contributions Act, ...

Dr. Sabrina Romanoff is a Harvard-trained clinical psychologist, professor, researcher and frequent contributor to major media outlets. She works with individuals and couples in her private ...

Medicare funds come from the taxes you pay throughout your working life. Your out-of-pocket costs once you’re enrolled depend on how long you’ve worked and paid taxes and the part of Medicare ...

Programs Americans rely on, like Social Security and Medicare, lean on tax revenue from both documented and undocumented workers, even though people living in the US illegally are ineligible to ...

it’s critical that clients understand the tax and financial repercussions of returning to work before they decide to unretire. Social Security, Medicare and the client’s retirement income ...