{"product_id":"solo-series-complete-bundle","title":"The Solo Series: Complete Set","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThree of these answer who signs. The fourth answers who shows up.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe forms come first. A benefits office wants a certified copy, an insurer wants a new subscriber name, and a hospital intake screen wants an emergency contact you no longer have. You get through all of it, and for a while it feels like the hard part is behind you. It isn't. The hard part turns up years later on an ordinary Tuesday, when somebody has to phone the home-care agency and find out why the aide didn't come, and there is nobody whose job that is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe benefits you are owed, the coverage you now buy yourself, the person who signs if you can't, and the care somebody has to arrange. Four paperbacks, one parcel, free US shipping. Start with the Social Security book — what you claim is what the rest gets priced off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolo Aging — who may act for you, and the papers that say so.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHealth Insurance — the subsidy cliff that's back for 2026.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSocial Security — what a marriage or a divorce still pays you.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLong-Term Care — who runs the care, not just who gives it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eQuestions people ask\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's actually in the bundle?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAll four paperbacks, shipped together in one parcel: Social Security for Widows \u0026amp; Divorced Women (132 pages), Health Insurance for the Solo Early Retiree (72 pages), Solo Aging (146 pages) and Long-Term Care on Your Own (294 pages), all 5.5x8.5. They are the same editions sold separately — nothing is abridged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow is this different from The Solo Series: Widowed or Divorced?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIt is those three books plus Health Insurance for the Solo Early Retiree, the 72-page guide to covering yourself in the years before Medicare with no group plan behind you. The trio takes you through the income you are owed, the legal authority to act, and arranging the care itself. The fourth book is the one that matters only if you are not yet 65 — so if you are already on Medicare, buy the trio and keep the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich one should I read first?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSocial Security for Widows \u0026amp; Divorced Women, and not because it is first on the cover. What you claim, and when, sets the income figure that decides your Marketplace subsidy — so reading it second means making the coverage decision on a number you have not settled yet. The exception is a deadline: if a COBRA election window or an open enrollment is already running, read that chapter of the insurance book alongside it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFour Paperback Books · 644 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eEducational information only — not legal, financial, medical, or tax advice.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Retirement In Order","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44482692382823,"sku":"xxq2m8","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/7312\/8039\/files\/solo-series-complete-bundle-thumb.png?v=1788725949","url":"https:\/\/shop.retirementinorder.com\/products\/solo-series-complete-bundle","provider":"Retirement In Order","version":"1.0","type":"link"}