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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Social Security and Medicare, 2nd Edition (Complete Idiot's Guide to)
by MBA, Lita Epstein
from Alpha
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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The Idiot's Guide to Social Security and Medicare 
I found the Idiot's Guide to be very informative. It answered most of my questions, and told me where to find to answers to those questions that it didn't answer.
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A book that makes a complicated subject simple
With 65 approaching, I had many questions about Medicare and all the issues that accompany this difficult subject. Instead of "reading" the book, I used it as a reference for specific questions, and it provided the answers which brought the subject of Medicare into focus. The chapters were named very simply making it easy to navigate through the book without getting involved in the minutiae of these complicated subjects.
A book I would recommend for anyone approaching 65.
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Several key misstatements & omissions 
Although this book covers a lot of ground and is fairly readable, two misstatements and one key omission may actually lead to some bad decisions:
a) The book says there is a 10% tax penalty for withdrawals from a qualified plan (such as 401k) under age 59.5 unless one of a list of exceptions apply..one of which is "leaving a job involuntarily after you reach age 55". But there is no penalty for withdrawals under those circumstances if you leave voluntarily and the rule is that you turn 55 that year... more info
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Understanding SS and Medicare
This is a Guide chock full of information on the
title subjects. I found it to be easy to read
and understand. It didn't make all the decisions
for me,but gave me plenty of options to think
about. I'm glad I bought it.
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