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Who: Chuck Blahous will discuss his book “Social Security: The Unfinished Work” (Here) Where: American Enterprise Institute Directions When: February 22nd 8:30am Bio: Charles Blahous is a public trustee for Social Security and Medicare, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow with the New America Foundation’s fiscal policy program. He previously [...]

On Thursday, October 7, 2010, the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at the Congressional Budget Office, D St SW & 2nd Ave SW, Washington, District of Columbia [Directions to CBO], at 8:30 a.m. Mark J. Warshawsky, Ph.D., will present “A Proposal for Retirement Plan Reform.” A preponderance of evidence from studies of retirement [...]

On Thursday, September 16, 2010, the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at the Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Ave NE Washington DC 20002 [Directions to Heritage], at 8:30 a.m. Employee Benefit Research Institute research director Jack VanDerhei will speak on the subject of retirement income preparation and future prospects. If you plan on coming [...]

On Tuesday, July 27, 2010, the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at Fidelity Investments (325 7th street, NW on the 6th floor)  [Directions here], at 8:30am. Fidelity Senior Vice President for Policy Development and Market Planning Pamela Everheart will speak on the subject of “The impact of financial guidance on plan participants.”  Sue [...]

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The number of older Americans participating in the work force has been rising over the last 15 years or so, after dropping steadily for decades. Researchers attribute that to change in retirement laws, increased lifespans and increasing financial pressures from drops in stock prices to increased health care costs.

The life expectancy for people who live to age 65 is an additional 18 years, or to age 83, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. The life expectancy for those who live to age 65 is higher for women, almost 20 years, than for men, almost 17 years.

2.1= The number of workers for each Social Security beneficiary in 2031, when all baby boomers will be over age 65. Currently, there are 3.3 workers for each Social Security beneficiary.

Adding automatic enrollment to a company plan has been found to increase plan participation among new hires from 49 percent to 86 percent.