Q: My father recently passed away. When I notified the bank as his legal power-of-attorney I was told that his Social Security check for the month in which he died, and any others received thereafter, must be returned. I ...
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How “Undocumented” Workers Are Becoming Entitled To Social Security
Q: How can illegal immigrants get Social Security? They don't pay taxes! A: That’s a common misconception. According to estimates from the Social Security Administration’s Chief Actuary, three-quarters of “other-than- ...
Strange Medicare Cases
LA Pastor & Wife Sentenced For $14 Million Medicare Fraud By Mary Johnson When federal HEAT investigators started asking questions about the $6,000 wheel chairs for which he billed Medicare, Los Angeles pastor Ch ...
Government Forecast — Three More Years Of Historically Low COLAs
Benefits May Fall For As Many as Six Million, Says New TSCL Impact Analysis Although consumers may not see it yet, government economists predict that inflation will be far lower than normal over the next three years. ...
Where’s My Social Security Payment? What Happens When The Social Security Trust Fund Runs Out?
Alexandria, VA (April 2, 2012) The Social Security trust fund that pays the benefits of almost 8.6 million disabled people is less than four years from complete insolvency, warns the Senior Citizens League (TSCL), o ...
Another Three Years Of Extremely Low COLAs? SS Checks Of Millions May Shrink
Alexandria, VA (March 28, 2012) Benefits may fall for about 5.7 million Social Security beneficiaries next year, according to a new analysis released by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), one of the nation's largest ...
Will Your Social Security Benefits Last As Long As You Do?
TSCL Believes Benefits At Stake The amount of money that the federal government owes to its creditors — including the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds — is now estimated to be as big as the entire U.S. economy ...
Social Security Giving Out SSNs To ID Thieves
Why risk stealing a Social Security Number when you can get a document confirming you have the real thing directly from the Social Security Administration (SSA)? Some conniving identity thieves appear to be going directl ...
Benefit Bulletin: March 2012
White House Says Notch Babies Are Receiving a “Fair Share” Recently TSCL received a note from a Florida Notch baby who shared an interesting letter from the Obama White House. Henry M. wrote to the President about the ...
Congressional Corner: The Payroll Tax Cut’s Not The Problem – Privatization Is
The following does not necessarily reflect the views of The Senior Citizens League. By Representative Mike Doyle (PA-14) As Congress returns to work, it begins another debate over the Social Security payroll tax – ...
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