Health care costs are excessive, but business owners are starting to doubt they have the ability to bring them down on their own.

"Inflation has exploded," says Senior Citizens League Social Security expert Mary Johnson, bumping up the costs of many items on retirees' shopping lists.

To be eligible, parents would have to meet the IRS definition of a dependent, meaning they rely on their children for at least 50% of their support.

Let's take a vacation! Well, maybe. What about emergency funds? NY Life study examines financial goals of Americans in the pandemic-post pandemic year.

Although overall optimism may be the long-term outlook, it is uneven among workers.

One KFF analysis shows that lowering the eligibility age could reduce costs for employers by as much as 15%.

It's estimated that every year, $92 billion leaves the U.S. retirement system when job-changing participants prematurely cash out their 401(k) savings accounts.

More than eight in 10 say they have a plan to protect themselves from outliving their savings, according to the latest Advisor Authority survey from Nationwide Retirement Institute.