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The proposed increase of the required minimum distribution age from 72 to 75 inspired a spirited debate on Twitter as retirement experts weighed in on the issue.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., said on April 15 that he'll be moving through his committee "in the next few weeks" the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2020, commonly called Secure Act 2.0, which includes the proposed RMD age change.
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Jeff Berman
Jeff joined the ThinkAdvisor team as a staff reporter in July 2019. Before joining ThinkAdvisor, he was a freelance reporter for five years, covering mainly technology, business, media and entertainment news for publications including The Miami Herald, Newsday, TheStreet.com, Long Island Press and multiple American City Business Journals websites. He also reported for several consumer electronics publications and was a technology reporter for publications of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance. Prior to that, he worked as a reporter and editor for Consumer Electronics Daily and other Warren Communications News publications for 15 years. He graduated with an MA in journalism from New York University.
