Retirement News, Income Strategies & Social Security Updates

Retirement News, Income Strategies & Social Security Updates

Day: June 3, 2026

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Estate & Legacy Planning
Alexander Clark

Anyone 70½ or older can route $111,000 of their IRA straight to charity in 2026 — the gift counts toward the year’s required minimum distribution and never hits taxable income

Retirees who have reached age 70½ now have a larger tax-free channel for charitable giving from their individual retirement accounts. The qualified charitable distribution cap sits at $111,000, up from the original $100,000 ceiling that held steady for nearly two decades. Because these transfers count toward a required minimum distribution

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Medicare & Health Coverage

Wegovy, Zepbound, and Foundayo drop to $50 a month under Medicare’s GLP-1 Bridge starting July 1 — but the copay won’t count toward the new $2,100 Part D out-of-pocket cap

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Fees, Scams & Rip-Offs

12,400 Americans 60 and older lost more than $100,000 each to online scammers last year — the FBI says any caller demanding gift cards, crypto, or a wire transfer is the scam

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Social Security & Work Rules

Adults 55 to 64 must now log 80 hours of work or job training each month to keep SNAP benefits past 90 days — an OBBBA rule that only exempts retirees 65 and older

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