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Planning Ahead for Widowhood: Changed Income and Expenses

Money Talk

If the husband dies first, the wife is left with $1,250 (50% of husband’s pension), $800-wife’s pension, and $2,000 (highest Social Security) for income of $4,050 ($48,600 annually). This is a 40% “haircut,” which some couples cover with spousal gifts, annuities, and/or life insurance.

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Are Workers’ Compensation benefits protected against the rising cost of living?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Other real expenses that are excluded from the “basket of goods” [in Canada, at last] are real estate and life insurance. In that state, most workers injured on or before July 1, 2017 will see time-loss and pension benefit payments increase by 5 percent based on the change in the state's average wage.