Products January 17, 2012
Mercer Releases 2012 Social Security and Medicare Resources
January 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Changes to both Social Security and Medicare took effect on January 1, and updated information is available in Mercer’s 2012 Guide to Social Security and 2012 Medicare booklet.
Reported by Rebecca Moore
The resources give explanations of the programs, recent changes and cost and benefit amounts for 2012, and includes real-life examples.
Topics in the 2012 Guide to Social Security include:
- Major changes for 2012;
- Retirement benefits – early, late and delayed retirement information, with examples;
- Disability benefits;
- Survivor benefits;
- Who receives benefits;
- Easy-reference monthly benefit tables;
- Medicare benefits overview – eligibility and enrollment
- “To Do” section; and
- Answers to frequently asked questions about Social Security.
Mercer’s 2012 Medicare booklet includes:
- Major Medicare changes for 2012,
- What is covered and not covered,
- Enrollment and eligibility,
- Part A (Hospital Insurance),
- Part B (Medical Insurance),
- Part C (Medicare Advantage Plans), and
- Part D (Outpatient Prescription Drug Plan).
For more information or to purchase Mercer’s 2012 Guide to Social Security or 2012 Medicare booklet, visit www.imercer.com/socialsecurity or call 800-333-3070. The minimum order for the Guide is 25 copies at $7.10 each (quantity discounts are available, e.g., 100 copies at $5.85 each). The minimum order for the Medicare booklet is 100 copies at $3.40 each (quantity discounts are available, e.g., 500 copies at $2.95 each).
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