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It would raise enough new revenue to more than restore long-term balance of the program.

About 19% of adults support elderly family members in some way.

The new tools are meant to help advisors manage a growing number of clients in retirement.

The No. 1 IBD plans to offer training and education and team up with reps on outreach to officials.

The $314 million team made the change after deciding it was a better fit culturally

Market skepticism is one of several hurdles for RIAs, says Walters. Compliance fears are another.

"This is it for me," one of the firm's new partners, who is 32, says of his hope of spending his career at Yeske Buie.

Even middle-class households who have health insurance are at risk, as a researcher points out that they are the ones who filed for the most bankruptcies.

Clients have received a combined $3.7 million in settlements involving two barred former reps of the IBD set to be acquired by Atria Wealth Solutions.

“We got to the point where we wanted a pure fiduciary relationship with clients,” Perry Mattern says.