Easier Said Than Done: Public Unconvinced That Medicaid Spending Should Be Cut By Chairman Art “Coop” Cooper About one in five older and disabled Medicare…
By Mary Johnson, Editor Medicare is highly popular among retired and disabled beneficiaries. But according to a study of international health systems, older Americans are…
Start watching the mail for your new Medicare card. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services will start mailing the cards this month and plans…
Most working people pay Social Security taxes on every dollar earned and many pay more in Social Security taxes than in federal income taxes. Yet…
Tax legislation enacted at the end of last year makes significant changes that touch virtually all taxpayers. While most of the new provisions have consequences…
Shortly before passing tax reform into law, Republicans announced plans to go after “entitlement spending” in 2018 to reduce the federal debt. Passage of the…
By Mary Johnson, editor The main source of funding for Social Security comes from the payroll taxes that workers pay into the program. But there…
Complexity Means You May Be Missing Out On Benefits The enormous complexity of our healthcare system is making people sicker and costing consumers more out-of-pocket…
Congress Misses Opportunity To Strengthen Social Security Funding By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Director Lawmakers in the House and Senate wrote and passed sweeping legislation to…
By Representative Donald Norcross (NJ-01) As you may have heard, Social Security recipients received a cost-of-living increase this year. This is good news for seniors,…
