Retirement

Americans retirees are drawn to Costa Rica's biodiversity, political stability, and cheap health care.

Social Security trust funds will dry up in 2033. So what does this mean for the chronically unworried, like say, Alfred E. Neuman of Mad Magazine fame? He will turn 59 in November — seven years shy of retirement age.

But for some the recovery still doesn't mean they are doing as well as they should.

Older Americans staring at retirement in the face are finding it hard to save. So how does the millennial generation — which faces a struggling economy and high student debt — feel about life after work?

In a recent survey, more than half of U.S. workers saving for retirement have less than $25,000 in the bank for the golden years. That's not a lot of money — how do retirees survive on that?

A banking analyst makes the decision to leave his job at the age of 51, two years after being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.

The number of people 75 and older still working has grown over the last two decades — some from need, but many because they want to.

We work day after day, year after year, to get ready for a future when we hope we won't have to work. But retirement isn't quite as simple as it used to be, says commentator Chris Farrell.

If you're 65 and unemployed, you're more likely to be that way for a long time.

Commentator Helaine Olen says neither President Obama nor Mitt Romeny acknowledge coming 'retirement crisis.'