Benefit Bulletin: January 2013 Can You Be Held Responsible For Parent’s Nursing Home Tab? Although much of the recent debate is focused on Medicare, seniors and their adult children have almost as much at stake in th ...
Daily Archives: January 9, 2013
Congressional Corner: Preserving The Safety Net For Our Seniors
Representative Tim Murphy, Ph.D. (PA-18) Milk or medicine? This unfair choice is forced upon thousands of senior citizens every day. They must choose between basic necessities like food, monthly electricity bills, d ...
Should Social Security Continue to Pay Benefits Based On Illegal Work?
There’s been little debate over changing a provision of Social Security law that allows for payment of benefits to noncitizens based on earnings from illegal work. Should this be changed to protect Social Security? I ...
Social Security & Medicare Questions: January 2013
Q: I turn 66 this year and my wife is 65. Neither one of us has started Social Security. We receive health insurance through my employer. Do we need to sign up for Medicare yet? A: It depends. If you meet the r ...
No Wonder Drug For Ailing Medicare Finances
By Mary Johnson Will 2013 be the year that Congress tells us to hold our nose and take our medicine? Because healthcare costs remain the primary driver of future government deficits. Medicare remains a target of def ...
Will 2013 Be a Year of Crisis?
COLAs Go Over The Fiscal Cliff Economic forecasts for 2013 warn of a financial crisis ahead. Nobody is feeling it more acutely than seniors living on fixed incomes. Retirees and disabled adults won’t see much of a c ...
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