Your May 2020 AMAC Foundation Newsletter

**June 2020**

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Podcasts Are Now Available!

During 2019, the AMAC Foundation hosted a daily drive-time radio show on
WFAX and WFAX.com, a Falls Church-based AM/FM station serving Virginia,
Maryland, and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The daily
half-hour program, titled "Senior Talks: Deciphering the Social Security
Maze," shared knowledge about this critical senior benefit program and
delved into the myriad rules and regulations confronting folks aging
into - or already participating in - Social Security.

Participation in the daily broadcasts featured all members of the
Foundation's Social Security Advisory Staff, a team of trained and
accredited professionals dedicated to aiding the public. Each broadcast,
available to millions in the Washington area and worldwide, covered key
portions of the Social Security program, providing insight into how the
rules and regulations apply to individual situations.

In total, over a hundred individual sessions were aired during the
six-month program and were simultaneously recorded for inclusion in the
Foundation's storehouse of Social Security information. These recordings
are now available via the Foundation's website (www.AMACFoundation.org)
and can be accessed on-demand by selecting the "Podcasts
menu item on the site's menu bar.
All recordings are keyword searchable by entering terms in the "Search
Podcasts" block at the top of the page. The site's search engine will
display only those broadcasts containing that term in the title.

Anyone needing assistance in accessing this new feature can contact the
Foundation staff via email ([email protected]
) or by phone (888-750-2622).

 

"Because Social Security has not contributed to our debt, Americans
should be skeptical of any politician who says that benefits Americans
have earned must be reduced in order to address our national debt."

**Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA4)**

 

We're Planning a New Social Security-Related Service

Social Security is complex...those of you who are beneficiaries
certainly know that, and those of you who are beginning to look into it
are quickly becoming aware of the myriad rules, regulations, and
critical decision points you'll face when you get there. Our Foundation,
as you know, provides free Social Security Advisory Services to the
public, and we handle between 300 and 400 requests for this service
every month. It's been a wildly popular service.

To expand on what we're already doing, our team has been developing a
new service targeted at small companies not having administrative staff
to handle detail questions about the broad subject of Social Security.
We believe there's a marketplace for a "packaged" service for those
companies and are planning to offer this as an on-site program. The
service would also be oriented toward smaller financial advisory firms
not having on-staff resources familiar with the intricacies of Social
Security.

The "packaged" approach we're developing will likely be structured as a
two-day engagement, with the following components: * A complete and
focused seminar on Social Security, from basics to details (about a
four- to six-hour session)

* Focused discussions on items pre-selected for the audience (e.g.,
spousal benefits, survivor issues, calculation of benefits, filing
strategies, rules for government retirees, etc.)

* Individual appointment-based sessions to discuss questions, personal
situations, etc. like:

* Break-even strategies

* Specific questions that people are not inclined to discuss in open
forum

* Foundation publications ("Ask Rusty" collections, "Who's Who in Social
Security," article reprints)

Although our phone/email service is free to the public, we would plan to
charge a modest fee for this new service, since there would be travel
involved as well as potentially a large block of dedicated research and
counseling time. We plan to move ahead with this service during the
latter part of 2020 (of course, after the pandemic restrictions are
lifted and the economy is back in gear!) Stay tuned for further
developments on this exciting venture!

 

Zoom Virtual Seminars Coming!

It seems like all indications are pointing to a long period of time for
folks to get comfortable with group sessions, so we've decided to resume
our seminar series using "virtual" technology. Specifically, our
Foundation has contracted with Zoom, a leader in modern enterprise video
communications to use their online platform to restart our educational
programs. First up will be an hour-long seminar titled "Understanding
Early Dementia," featuring the talents of Peggy Bargmann, Founder of
Brain Fitness Academy. The seminar is schedule for Monday, June 9 at
10:00 am. For more information and to register, visit the "Events"
listing
on our Foundation website.

Depending on the success of this venture, we plan on establishing a
weekly series of short virtual education sessions starting in July.
Watch our website for announcements of the topics to be covered. Hope to
see you there!

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