Identity Theft

The check was real, the job wasn’t.

After months of applications and polite rejections, Kayla had started to wonder whether her biology degree was going to pay off the way she’d imagined. So, when an unexpected text arrived offering an interview with HealthStream Solutions, she pursued it — cautiously. The recruiter communicated entirely through Teams, but only by text. No video. No voice. Just messages on a professional platform, which felt almost normal enough to ignore. Kayla wasn’t the only one paying attention — her sister, a paralegal, found HealthStream, Inc. listed on the NASDAQ. Kayla checked the Better Business Bureau and found them listed there too. It all checked out.

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Three Benefits, One Decision: Should My Spouse Claim SS Early While Still Working?

A client recently asked a question I hear regularly. The names have been changed, but the situation is common enough that the answer is worth sharing publicly. Q: My wife Frances just turned 63. Some of her colleagues are encouraging her to claim her Social Security...

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