Social Security recipients often worry whether their benefits will be paid as promised throughout retirements that could last 25 years or more. Anxiety over impending changes to Social Security leads some people to claim ...
Daily Archives: April 8, 2016
Strengthen Social Security — Why NOW is the Time!
Social Security recipients often worry whether their benefits will be paid as promised throughout retirements that could last 25 years or more. Anxiety over impending changes to Social Security leads some people to claim ...
Supreme Court Decision Could Have Big Consequences For Social Security and Medicare
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide a case in June that could have far -reaching implications for Social Security and Medicare. The Obama Administration has asked the Supreme Court to reinstate its executive act ...
Another Banner Year For Medicare Fraud?
By Mary Johnson, editor “Hello seniors!” the voice bellows. “Medicare covers a remarkable new device that can give you freedom from lower back pain! Hold the phone to find out how to get your free, Medicare-covered ba ...
Benefit Bulletin: April 2016
Retirement’s Black Hole — Medical Debt Nearly 90% of older adults who report having trouble making payments on their credit cards are carrying medical debt, according to a recent TSCL survey. TSCL is concerned that to ...
Legislative Update: April 2016
Should Congress Guarantee A Minimum COLA? By Jessie Gibbons, Senior Policy Analyst Millions of Social Security beneficiaries are perplexed as to why they received no increase in their monthly Social Security checks ...
Congressional Corner: Government Needs A New Approach For Determining COLAs
By Representative Eliot Engel (NY-16) For the third time in the last seven years, almost 65 million Social Security recipients did not receive a benefit increase in 2016. Social Security has provided invaluable sup ...
Ask the Advisor: April 2016
Why Are My Social Security Benefits Taxed? This Is Double Taxation! Q: I’m a divorced retiree and I file taxes as a single household. Can you tell me why my benefits are taxed and how the income threshold that subject ...
Q & A: April 2016
Q: I’ve heard a lot of confusing advice on when to start Social Security. I’m divorced, single, and I turn 63 this year. I know that by waiting, my benefit will grow, but I’m not sure how much longer I will have my job. ...
Best Ways to Save: April 2016
Is This A New Medical Condition? Beware The “Prescribing Cascade!” Prescription medicines may often be involved in causing new symptoms in patients. In fact, when new symptoms appear — especially in people 65 and over ...
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