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

Award-winning Washington Post retirement columnist Stan Hinden's best-selling 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