Jessica Hall

United States

Retirement Reporter at MarketWatch

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Social Security reverses overpayment clawback rules - again

1 week ago | marketwatch.com | Jessica Hall

Jessica Hall is a retirement reporter for MarketWatch. She was an Age Boom Academy Fellow with Columbia University and completed the Leadership Exchange on Ageism. She previously worked at Mainebiz, the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, where she and her team earned a Scripps Howard Award for Community Journalism for a series on aging. She spent 17 years at Reuters, covering mergers and acquisitions, telecommunications and airlines.
$880 billion in Medicaid cuts would be ‘devastating’ for nursing homes and their residents

1 week ago | marketwatch.com | Jessica Hall

Jessica Hall is a retirement reporter for MarketWatch. She was an Age Boom Academy Fellow with Columbia University and completed the Leadership Exchange on Ageism. She previously worked at Mainebiz, the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, where she and her team earned a Scripps Howard Award for Community Journalism for a series on aging. She spent 17 years at Reuters, covering mergers and acquisitions, telecommunications and airlines.
Why a record number of adults over 65 are working - and it’s not just about money

2 weeks ago | marketwatch.com | Jessica Hall

Jessica Hall is a retirement reporter for MarketWatch. She was an Age Boom Academy Fellow with Columbia University and completed the Leadership Exchange on Ageism. She previously worked at Mainebiz, the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, where she and her team earned a Scripps Howard Award for Community Journalism for a series on aging. She spent 17 years at Reuters, covering mergers and acquisitions, telecommunications and airlines.
Democrats ask if the $1 billion in DOGE cost-cutting at Social Security has hurt recipients

2 weeks ago | marketwatch.com | Jessica Hall

Jessica Hall is a retirement reporter for MarketWatch. She was an Age Boom Academy Fellow with Columbia University and completed the Leadership Exchange on Ageism. She previously worked at Mainebiz, the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, where she and her team earned a Scripps Howard Award for Community Journalism for a series on aging. She spent 17 years at Reuters, covering mergers and acquisitions, telecommunications and airlines.
Senior housing is so scarce that many older adults are buying before they even need it

3 weeks ago | marketwatch.com | Jessica Hall

Jessica Hall is a retirement reporter for MarketWatch. She was an Age Boom Academy Fellow with Columbia University and completed the Leadership Exchange on Ageism. She previously worked at Mainebiz, the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, where she and her team earned a Scripps Howard Award for Community Journalism for a series on aging. She spent 17 years at Reuters, covering mergers and acquisitions, telecommunications and airlines.
Social Security field offices are about to be flooded, thanks to one new change happening amid workforce cuts

3 weeks ago | marketwatch.com | Jessica Hall

Pausing this policy will make it more difficult for new U.S. citizens and noncitizens to get Social Security numbers and cardsPublished: April 17, 2025 at 12:36 p.m. ETA change made by the Social Security Administration could see its field offices flooded with an estimated 60,000 to 75,000 additional people per week, according to Rep. Gerald Connolly, a Virginia Democrat.
Your Social Security number is in the middle of DOGE’s massive tech system overhaul. Are payments, private data at risk?

3 weeks ago | marketwatch.com | Jessica Hall

Congressman calls for an investigation into the technology changes at the Social Security AdministrationPublished: April 17, 2025 at 4:29 p.m. ETThe Social Security Administration has said it manages over 60 million lines of COBOL code in its databases to process retirement and disability claims, among other functions.
Money talks with your parents are tough. Here’s how and why you need to have them.

3 weeks ago | marketwatch.com | Jessica Hall

BookWatchIt’s time to take the taboo out of family financial conversationsPublished: April 18, 2025 at 8:55 a.m. ETTalking with your parents about money is a wise move, according to behavioral economist Etinosa Agbonlahor. Photo: Getty ImagesTalking to your parents about their financial well-being is as important as talking to them about their physical health.
This is America’s ‘magic number’ for retirement - and it’s lower this year

1 month ago | marketwatch.com | Jessica Hall

Workers should replace 80% of their income for each year of retirement, new research suggestsPublished: April 14, 2025 at 9:01 a.m. ETThe “magic number” Americans think they need to retire comfortably dropped to $1.26 million, down $200,000 from last year’s guesstimate, but remains well above what people actually have saved for their golden years. According to a new study by Northwestern Mutual, Americans tempered their view of what they’ll need in retirement due as inflation eased somewhat.
This is America's 'magic number' for retirement - and it's lower this year

1 month ago | morningstar.com | Jessica Hall

By Jessica Hall Workers should replace 80% of their income for each year of retirement, new research suggests The "magic number" Americans think they need to retire comfortably dropped to $1.26 million, down $200,000 from last year's guesstimate, but remains well above what people actually have saved for their golden years. According to a new study by Northwestern Mutual, Americans tempered their view of what they'll need in retirement due as inflation eased somewhat.

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Jessica Hall

Articles

Social Security reverses overpayment clawback rules - again

$880 billion in Medicaid cuts would be ‘devastating’ for nursing homes and their residents

Why a record number of adults over 65 are working - and it’s not just about money

Democrats ask if the $1 billion in DOGE cost-cutting at Social Security has hurt recipients

Senior housing is so scarce that many older adults are buying before they even need it

Social Security field offices are about to be flooded, thanks to one new change happening amid workforce cuts

Your Social Security number is in the middle of DOGE’s massive tech system overhaul. Are payments, private data at risk?

Money talks with your parents are tough. Here’s how and why you need to have them.

This is America’s ‘magic number’ for retirement - and it’s lower this year

This is America's 'magic number' for retirement - and it's lower this year

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