# Retirement Readiness: Your Final Year Before Retirement - Social Security and Medicare (Ep. 7) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-live-greater-view-6515731/retirement-readiness-your-final-year-before-retirement-social-security-and-medicare-ep-7 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-live-greater-view-6515731/retirement-readiness-your-final-year-before-retirement-social-security-and-medicare-ep-7.md Podcast: [The Live Greater View](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-live-greater-view-6515731) Published: 2026-07-01T12:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2377015/episodes/19312828-retirement-readiness-your-final-year-before-retirement-social-security-and-medicare-ep-7.mp3 Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2377015/episodes/19312828-retirement-readiness-your-final-year-before-retirement-social-security-and-medicare-ep-7.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-live-greater-view-6515731/episodes/retirement-readiness-your-final-year-before-retirement-social-security-and-medicare-ep-7 Duration seconds: 1839 ## Resource Retirement is just 12 months away—are you ready? In the final episode of the Retirement Readiness Journey series, Rose Price CFP®, AIF®, and Chris Mellone CFA, CFP®, AIF®, discuss the key financial and emotional decisions that can help make your transition into retirement a success. From Social Security claiming strategies and Medicare planning to creating a sustainable retirement paycheck and adjusting to life after work, this episode provides practical guidance for navigating your final yea... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-live-greater-view-6515731/episodes/retirement-readiness-your-final-year-before-retirement-social-security-and-medicare-ep-7/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-live-greater-view-6515731/retirement-readiness-your-final-year-before-retirement-social-security-and-medicare-ep-7.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.