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Social Security Educational Series: Simplifying Retirement Planning

On October 11th more than 50 Human Resources directors, employee counselors and financial planners attended the Social Security Educational Series: Simplifying Retirement Planning. Social Security Administration Public Affairs Specialists Rich Gaudiosi and Ed Lafferty teamed with Social Security Administration Claims Representative Maryellen Sweeney to host the event at Temple University in Philadelphia.

Rich began the program with an overview of the history of Social Security programs, highlighting the issues of solvency and identity theft. Ed followed giving a detailed explanation of how the retirement program works, who is eligible to receive the benefits and how to file for them. Using a live Internet connection, Ed toured the Social Security web site, http://www.socialsecurity.gov/retire2/, guiding the attendees through the retirement planning process. Maryellen closed the program with an overview of the survivors, disability and Medicare programs.

The audience demonstrated an impressive amount of knowledge about the topics being discussed and asked challenging and incisive questions throughout the program.

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