How to Retire Happy: The 12 Most Important Decisions You Must Make Before You Retire

The Washington Post and New York Times Business Bestseller

"Everyone in the workforce today should read this book "
--HORACE B. DEETS, FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AARP

"Want excellent insights on retirement planning from a professional who's actually experienced retirement himself? You'll get just that from Stan Hinden's book."
--STEVE VERNON, COLUMNIST

"Provides the most important information you'll need before and during your retirement."
--MICHELLE SINGLETARY, THE WASHINGTON POST

Award-winning Washington Post retirement columnist Stan Hinden's bestselling How to Retire Happy, Fourth Edition, helps you make the right decisions to ensure a happy, healthful retirement. It delivers all the expert advice you need in an easy-to-understand step-by-step style. How to Retire Happy includes everything that has made previous editions the go-to guides for retirees and near-retirees, plus:

• Brand-new material on health insurance and the prescription drug plan
• The facts about Medicare Part A (hospital), Part B (tests, doctors, preventive care), and Part D (prescription drugs)
• The author's personal experiences with the realities of long-term Alzheimer's care
• Fully updated material on Social Security strategies
• How to handle the financial realities of the post-meltdown economy
• New resources you can turn to for extra advice

Stan Hinden was a Washington Post financial reporter for 20 years. From 1996 to 2003 he wrote the Post's "Retirement Journal" column, for which he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in Commentary in 1998. Currently he writes the "Social Security Mailbox" column for the AARP website www.aarp.org/Bulletin. He resides in the Washington, D.C., area.