President Obama and House leadership are discussing support of a more "limited approach" to immigration reform. Under discussion is a plan to grant illegal immigrants limited legal status by providing the right to work ...
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Again? COLAs May Face Another Round Of Cuts In Debt Limit Battle
Debt cutters may be back with more demands to "chain" cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs), along with plans that would make seniors pay higher Medicare costs. The government's new 2014 federal budget agreement cut COLAs ...
Social Security & Medicare Questions: Retroactive Benefits
Q: Can you explain the rules about working after starting Social Security, and retroactive benefits? My older brother received 6 months in retroactive benefits when he filed for benefits after turning 66. I turn 66, m ...
Ask The Advisor: Totalization Agreement with Mexico
What is the status of the Totalization Agreement With Mexico? Q: What happened with the U.S. Social Security Totalization Agreement with Mexico? Has TSCL learned anything from those Freedom of Information Act reques ...
Legislative Update: February 2014
Another Broken Obamacare Promise – This One Hits Medicare By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Assistant Back in 2010, before Obamacare became law, the President made the following promise to the public: "If you like you ...
Congressional Corner: Reduce Deficit In A Balanced Way, Not On The Backs Of Seniors
By Representative Cheri Bustos (IL-17) Forty-nine years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law and by doing so made a solemn agreement with every single American. Simply put, if you work hard and p ...
Best Ways to Save: February 2014
Out – Of – Pocket Costs Catch You By Surprise? How To Avoid "Sticker Shock" By Mary Johnson, editor If you’re suffering "sticker shock" from higher co-pays and co-insurance than expected, chances are it might be d ...
Benefit Bulletin: February 2014
Before Obamacare "Glitch," There Was The Notch Glitch Obamacare is not the first government program in which major implementation glitches had disastrous consequences for large numbers of beneficiaries. In 1977 chang ...
Next Obamacare Problem: New Coverage May Not Kick In
By Mary Johnson, editor Obamacare troubles are far from over, as many consumers who thought they had new coverage are beginning to learn the hard way. Many of the problems stem from continued health exchange dysfunct ...
Is Growth in Social Security Disability Due to Aging Baby Boomers or Scam?
The Social Security Disability Trust Fund (SSDI) is rapidly closing in on becoming the first of the two Social Security Trust Funds to become fully insolvent. The disability trust fund, which is separate from the one th ...
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