Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Retirement Plans (HBO)

Published on Jun 12, 2016
Saving for retirement means navigating a potential minefield of high fees and bad advice.

Retirement is big business in America, but is the system costing workers and retirees more than what they’re getting in return, asks FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith.

“As long as they don’t run away with our money or invest it in a Ponzi scheme, they have little in the way of accountability to us when something goes wrong. And even then it can be hard to fight back.”

To view the Frontline investigative report click here: The Retirement Gamble