Category Archives: Insurance

SBP Premiums With Deposits for CRSC, CRDP, and Military Pensions


  Whether you’re medically or physically retired for disability before 20 years of service, have you checked your eligibility for Combat Related Special Compensation? If you’re retired with at least 20 years of service (whatever military pension you’ve earned) are … Continue reading

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Dementia among your family or friends… or in your finances.


  Everyone knows that they need to spend time on their estate plans.  It’s part of financial independence, and it’s even more important if you’re a military veteran with survivor’s benefits. Yet how much time have you spent adulting on … Continue reading

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Questions About Medicare + Tricare? We Have Answers.


Have you thought about your Medicare supplemental insurance yet? Or even more challenging: will you have to help an elder work through their decisions? How will it affect your financial independence? I learned a lot about Medicare Part B and … Continue reading

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The PACT Act, VA disability screening, cholesterol, and cardiac risks


This post is about living your best life in financial independence… while you still can. As you veterans know, if we’d realized that we were going to survive our military careers then we would have taken better care of ourselves. … Continue reading

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Yet Another John Hancock Long-Term Care Insurance Update


Me, a decade ago: “John Hancock made my father’s long-term care insurance claim the worst financial experience ever.” John Hancock LTC team, a decade later: “Hey Nords, hold our beer.” This letter claiming to be from John Hancock arrived in … Continue reading

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