Can You Identify Medicare Fraud In This Story? A few weeks after a 90-year old woman was moved into an assisted living facility, her daughter was surprised to be told that her mother was a good candidate for hospice. ...
Category: Issues
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. ...
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 ...
Will Social Security Last As Long As You Do?
Social Security recipients often worry whether their benefits will be paid as promised throughout retirements that could last 25 years or more. Anxiety over impending changes to Social Security leads some people to claim ...
Strengthen Social Security — Why NOW is the Time!
Social Security recipients often worry whether their benefits will be paid as promised throughout retirements that could last 25 years or more. Anxiety over impending changes to Social Security leads some people to claim ...
Supreme Court Decision Could Have Big Consequences For Social Security and Medicare
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide a case in June that could have far -reaching implications for Social Security and Medicare. The Obama Administration has asked the Supreme Court to reinstate its executive act ...
Another Banner Year For Medicare Fraud?
By Mary Johnson, editor “Hello seniors!” the voice bellows. “Medicare covers a remarkable new device that can give you freedom from lower back pain! Hold the phone to find out how to get your free, Medicare-covered ba ...
Ask the Advisor: April 2016
Why Are My Social Security Benefits Taxed? This Is Double Taxation! Q: I’m a divorced retiree and I file taxes as a single household. Can you tell me why my benefits are taxed and how the income threshold that subject ...
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