Enrolled in Medicare Advantage? $3,700 in Benefit Cuts by 2017 Predicted By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Assistant Open enrollment for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans is now in progress, and before selecting or renewi ...
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Benefit Bulletin: November 2014
Social Security's Looming $230 Per Month Benefit Cut: Where's The Plan To Stop It? The Social Security Disability Trust Fund has about two years left to go before all the reserves in the trust fund are depleted. If Co ...
Immigration Action Planned Behind Closed Doors
By Mary Johnson President Obama announced early last summer that he planned to go around Congressional gridlock and overhaul immigration on his own. Since that time, top administration officials have worked entirely b ...
Best Ways to Save: November 2014
Six Steps To Lower Health And Drug Plan Costs in 2015 How much can someone save by reevaluating their health and drug plan coverage? Last year one man learned he would save $5,200 for the year and his wife would save ...
1.7% COLA Announced For 2015 — How Well Does It Cover Your Rising Costs?
Social Security Benefits Impact Estimated at $4,000 Over Past Five Years For an unprecedented sixth consecutive year, Social Security recipients will get a record low cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of 1.7% in 2015. ...
Ask The Advisor: Health plan options
Should I Allow My New Health Law Coverage To "Automatically Renew"? Q: I'm 62 and my wife is 60. Last year she and I signed up for a new health plan on the federal health exchange. We qualified for lower premiums, bu ...
Social Security & Medicare Questions: WEP and Widow’s Benefits
Q: My Social Security benefits are reduced because I receive a government pension. I started benefits at age 70. My wife worked in a private sector job and started Social Security at 66. If I pass on would her Social Sec ...
Congressional Corner: Older Americans Need Stable Economic Future And Reliable Healthcare
Rep. Joe Garcia (FL-26) Now more than ever, we must fight to ensure that when older Americans retire they can look forward to a stable economic future and reliable, high-quality healthcare. During the devastating eco ...
SSA Fails To Obtain Evidence Of “Legal Status” One-Third Of The Time
By Mary Johnson The Social Security Administration's (SSA) Office of Inspector General recently performed a rare audit to check the lawful presence of noncitizens receiving Social Security benefits - the first such au ...
Benefit Bulletin: August 2014
How Medicare Can Save Billions: Stop Assigning Seniors To The Wrong Drug Plans A new study finds that Medicare is spending billions of dollars more than necessary because low-income seniors are randomly assigned to ...
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