20 "Poor Man" Money Habits Every Senior Should Start Before They Outlive Their Retirement

Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ForgottenFrugalAmerica?sub_confirmation=1 👉Start saving $5000 a year with my Ebook: https://forgottenfrugalamerica.netlify.app On January 31, 1940, a retired legal secretary in Ludlow, Vermont got the first monthly Social Security check ever issued. Ida May Fuller had paid $24.75 into the system. Her first check was $22.54 — and she lived to be 100, collecting $22,888.92 over 35 years. Living that long is a blessing, and it's also what keeps retirees up at night. These are 20 poor-man habits that help your money last as long as you do, from taking the Medicare Extra Help you earned to shopping your drug plan every fall, counted down to the oldest rule on any farm in America. Sources: https://www.ssa.gov/history/ottob.html https://www.medicareinteractive.org/understanding-medicare/cost-saving-programs/the-extra-help-low-income-subsidy-lis-program/drug-costs-under-extra-help https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/medicare-advantage-and-medicare-prescription-drug-programs-remain-stable-cms-implements-improvements