Where Do The Candidates Stand On Social Security & Medicare? By Jessie Gibbons, Senior Policy Analyst Where exactly do the candidates stand on Social Security and Medicare — the two issues that matter most to o ...
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Congressional Corner: Without Financial or Medical Hardship
By Representative Mike Kelly (PA-3) As a representative of thousands of senior citizens in Western Pennsylvania, and as a senior myself, I strongly believe that all Americans should be able to enjoy their golden years ...
Ask the Advisor: June 2016
Did Members of Congress Give Themselves a Raise this Year? Q: I keep getting email about the pay that Members of Congress receive. Did Members of Congress give themselves a pay raise this year? I’ve read that they ...
Q & A: June 2016
Can You Tell Me About The New Social Security Changes? Q: What can you tell me about changes to Social Security that went into effect recently? I’ve read references to benefits that I didn’t know I was entitled to. ...
Best Ways to Save: June 2016
Eating Well On Social Security — 6 Ways To Cut Costs Without Cutting Nutrition Rising food costs, particularly for fresh fruits and vegetables, rivaled the growth of cost in prescription medicines in recent months. A ...
How An Obamacare Repeal Could Affect Medicare
Presidential and Congressional candidates are relatively quiet about their future plans for Medicare, but the 2010 Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) remains a target for repeal. No matter what candidates aren’t saying abou ...
Another Record Low Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment Is Forecast
By Mary Johnson, editor What would you do with a 0.9% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA)? That’s right, a COLA of less than 1%. If you receive an average Social Security benefit of $1,240 per month, your benefit would g ...
Savings Hurt By Low Interest Rates? So Is Social Security’s, CBO Says
Today’s almost non-existent interest rates on U.S. Treasury bonds are hastening the insolvency of the Social Security Trust Fund, says a new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The CBO said that the shortf ...
Benefit Bulletin: May 2016
7 Questions That Must Be Addressed About Social Security Are benefit cuts inevitable when Social Security’s financing runs low in a few years? Your participation in this November’s presidential election will play a cr ...
Legislative Update: May 2016
Congress Needs to Protect the Public from Drug Price Gouging By Jessie Gibbons, Senior Policy Analyst Spending on prescription drugs grew 13% nation-wide last year – a rate that’s so abnormally high, it hasn’t occu ...
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