A push in the House to give legal status to illegal immigrants is reviving some movement toward immigration legislation this year. But the effort is running into outspoken opposition, including that from TSCL's grass roo ...
Daily Archives: June 16, 2014
Attention Congress!
Seniors Reject Retirement Trust Fund Borrowing As Disability Fix By Mary Johnson, editor According to the Congressional Budget Office, the Social Security Disability program will be fully insolvent by 2017, but so ...
Benefit Bulletin: June 2014
Will It Work? New Program Hopes To Lower Costs Of Caring For Low-Income Seniors An experimental new program will affect the healthcare coverage of low-income seniors in 17 states over the next three years. Participati ...
Legislative Update: June 2014
By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Assistant Since 1990, Medicare has been considered a high-risk program due to its complexity and its susceptibility to fraud, waste, and abuse. Last year alone, the program spent at leas ...
Congressional Corner: Keeping the Promise of Social Security
By Representative Gloria Negrete McLeod (CA-35) Social Security is a promise our country must keep. If you work and pay into the system, you should have the opportunity to retire with dignity and respect. This promise ...
Best Ways to Save: June 2014
Having Trouble Paying for Veterinary Care For Your Pet? By Mary Johnson If you own a pet and have been to the vet lately, the bill may have taken a big bite out of your budget. Like human healthcare, the cost of ve ...
Ask The Advisor: Spousal Benefits
What Happened To My Higher Retirement Benefit? Q: When my husband and I were planning the timing on our Social Security benefits, our financial advisor suggested that we could maximize our payout if I started with a s ...
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