Book Description
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.