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White House Seeks Marketing Medicine for Health Care Overhaul

How do you show average Americans that one of the most complex and controversial government programs ever devised is a good deal for them? With the science of mass marketing.

What's a Realistic Retirement Age?

A reader asks: "What's a realistic retirement age? How much longer will most of us have to work?" The answer depends on how successful you've been at saving, how cushy a lifestyle you want, and, of course, when you prefer to disengage.

Americans Getting More Worried About Retirement

Three separate surveys released this week show rising levels of anxiety among Americans over when -- or whether -- they'll be able to stop working. And even where confidence is rising, some of it may be misplaced.