More than ever, millions of seniors are struggling with higher costs, but flat (or shrinking) Social Security checks. So it makes little sense that the government decided that seniors shouldn’t receive a Social Security ...
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Senate Rejects Two Attempts To Provide $250 Emergency Social Security Payment
By Mary Johnson, Social Security and Medicare Policy Analyst (March 5, 2010) The U.S Senate recently rejected not one, but two attempts to provide a modest, one-time $250 emergency Social Security payment to seniors wh ...
No COLA In 2011!
The Social Security Administration has confirmed that inflation had not increased enough to pay a COLA in 2011. This makes the second year in a row without a COLA for Social Security—no COLA was paid in 2010 either. Th ...
Under Law No Social Security COLA For 2011 Social Security Says
By Mary Johnson cash pay advance It’s official. The Social Security Administration recently announced that fifty-three million Social Security beneficiaries won’t receive any cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2011 — t ...
Recession, Lack Of COLAs Reduce Baby Boomers’ Social Security Benefits
The deep recession and two unprecedented years of a lack of annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) are taking a huge toll on the Social Security of new retirees, even if they haven’t yet started benefits. A ground - b ...
Video: You’re Not Alone
Millions of seniors are on their own, struggling to make ends meet. In "You're Not Alone," viewers see the isolation of one senior, who is far too typical of America's seniors. But there is hope. The Senior Citizens L ...
Congressional Corner: By Representative Charles Gonzalez (20th-TX)
Many seniors in our community struggle month to month to make ends meet on budgets that just can’t cover today’s high cost of living. Today’s troubled economy is leaving the elderly in a financial pinch, particularly si ...
Congress Working On Plans For Social Security and Medicare Overhaul
Bipartisan efforts are underway in both the U.S. House and Senate on serious plans to overhaul Social Security and Medicare. Recently, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (VA-7) said a “prescription” on entitlement reform ...
Notch Reform
Notch Reform The Senior Citizens League members and supporters tend to be older, less affluent seniors. They are also, to a large extent, Notch babies – those individuals who receive lower Social Security benefits bec ...
Totalization Agreement
Totalization Agreement Social Security Totalization Agreements are designed so that workers and their employers would not be subject to double taxation, owing payroll taxes to both the country in which they work, and th ...
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