Mary Johnson Unreported deaths undoubtedly rank as the Social Security Administration’s number one “Most Gruesome Fraud Management Failures.” Hardly a month goes by without the discovery of a grizzly new case. Usually ...
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Benefit Bulletin: June 2015
Good News Or Bad? More Medicare Beneficiaries Qualifying For Medicaid The number of Medicare beneficiaries who are also eligible for Medicaid has been growing rapidly in recent years. The Centers for Medicare and Medi ...
Legislative Update: June 2015
TSCL Supports Bill To Kill The Medicare Cutting Board By Jessie Gibbons, Senior Policy Analyst Should Congress hand over accountability for decisions about Medicare cuts to an unelected board? That’s what lawmakers ...
Congressional Corner: There’s No Need To Cut Or Privatize Social Security
The following reflects the views of the writer and are not necessarily those of The Senior Citizens League. Representative Peter DeFazio (OR-4) Last fall, Republican candidates made a lot of campaign promises: to c ...
Best Ways To Save: June 2015
5 Ways To Make Extra Income In Retirement Retirees who depend on Social Security and live on a fixed income need to budget carefully. Here are 5 ways to bring in extra cash in retirement: Boost your Social Security ...
Ask The Advisor: June 2015
How Can I Budget For Healthcare Expenses When I Don’t Know What They Will Be? Q: I was looking forward to saving some money on premiums when I started Medicare. Boy was I surprised when my doctor discovered a new heal ...
Social Security & Medicare Questions: June 2015
Q: My prescription drug plan denied coverage on a medication to control a severe chronic health problem. Over the years I’ve tried other treatments but they are either ineffective, or had dangerous side effects, and I ha ...
Odds Are Growing For Zero COLA In 2016
The plunge in gasoline prices, in recent months, sent the consumer price index (CPI) into a nose-dive. That deflation is expected to make a big dent in the Social Security income of 56 million people next year, according ...
How Social Security Can Be Strengthened Without Cutting Benefits
In the debate over Social Security’s funding, much of the debate has focused on benefit cuts. A recent survey by the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI), however, shows that benefit cuts aren’t supported by a lar ...
Two Major Ways Obama Immigration Action Could Impact Federal Benefit Programs
A U.S. federal judge has temporarily blocked President Obama’s immigration program that defers deportation for almost 5 million illegal immigrants. Responding to a lawsuit filed by 26 states, the judge did not rule on th ...
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