Mercer Guide to Social Security and Medicare

Social Security provides the majority of retirement income for most Americans, & Medicare is the primary source of healthcare coverage. The MERCER GUIDE tells how these important government systems work -- how employers & employees pay for coverage, how benefits are calculated, detailed benefit amounts, & other questions that people ask most. The 200-page 1993 edition covers all the changes made by Congress effective in the new year, & includes tear-out forms so readers can send away for FREE Social Security earnings reports. It provides helpful information for both retirees & people planning ahead for retirement. The publisher, William M. Mercer, Incorporated, is the largest employee benefit consulting firm in the world & the principal private-sector source of information on Social Security & Medicare. Co-authors Dale R. Detlefs & Robert J. Myers are leading experts who have made these complex subjects understandable to ordinary citizens. Employees at major U.S. corporations have received & used millions of copies of the easy-to-read, easy-to-use Mercer Guide in the last 20 years. This book is must reading for anyone who is retired or expects to retire someday.Detlefs, Dale R. is the author of 'Mercer Guide to Social Security and Medicare' with ISBN 9781880754931 and ISBN 1880754932.