The rules from the Thomas Reed videos — plus the forms, the deadlines and the word-for-word phone scripts that never fit into a video. Every figure checked against the official source: Social Security, Medicare, the IRS and the VA.
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The rules are the same for everyone. The difference is whether somebody showed you where they're written down.
Friend — if you found this book through my videos, you already know how I work. I take one rule — from Social Security, from Medicare, from the IRS — and I walk through it slowly, in plain English, until it makes sense. No jargon if I can help it. No hype.
Let me be straight with you about who I am, because you deserve that. I am not a lawyer. I am not a financial advisor. I never worked for the Social Security Administration. What I do is simpler: I read the official rules — the publications of the Social Security Administration, the IRS, and Medicare — and I explain them in plain English. Every figure in this book is checked against the official source, and every chapter ends by showing you exactly where to verify it yourself. Don't take my word for your money. Take the government's word — I'll just show you where it's written down.
Why a book, when the videos are free? Because a video can't sit next to your telephone. The most valuable pages in here are the ones that never make it into a video: the word-for-word phone scripts, the form numbers, the deadlines, and the checklists you can tick off one box at a time. A video ends. This book stays on the shelf until the day you need it.
— Thomas Reed
Social Security, Medicare, taxes, housing, food, veterans' benefits and scam protection — each chapter with the rule, the real 2026 figures, a word-for-word phone script, and a "Verify it yourself" box pointing to the official page.
A video explains. A book sits next to your telephone. These are the working tools that only exist in the Playbook:
The exact words for the calls that matter — written out in full, so you just read them off the page.
Every form and application referred to by its real name and number. No guessing, no hunting.
Each chapter ends with an action checklist: what to do, which form, which number to call.
Every number in the book — SSA, Medicare, SHIP, the VA, Lifeline — gathered on one spread in the appendix.
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Find your chapter, tick the checklist, and make the call with the word-for-word script in front of you.
2026 U.S. Edition · 184 pages · 26 chapters · Instant PDF download
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No — it's a digital PDF edition (184 pages), so there is no shipping and no waiting. You can read it on a phone, tablet or computer, and print any page you want to keep by the telephone.
Gumroad sends your download link by email as soon as checkout is complete, and the book also stays in your Gumroad library for re-downloading. Most readers are reading within a couple of minutes.
Any device that opens a PDF: iPhone, Android phone, iPad or other tablet, and any Windows or Mac computer. No special app and no account beyond your email are needed.
Retirees and near-retirees — roughly 60 and older — who want to be sure they are not under-claiming Social Security, overpaying for Medicare, or missing programs built for their age group. No financial background is needed; everything is written in plain English.
From the official sources themselves — Social Security, Medicare, the IRS and the VA — checked against those publications for the 2026 edition. Every chapter also ends with a "Verify it yourself" box showing the official page, so you can confirm any figure before you act on it.
$9.99 is the launch price for the new 2026 edition. You pay once at the launch price and the book is yours to keep — there is no subscription and nothing renews.
