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Social Security Benefits Lose 22% Of Buying Power Since 2000

(Alexandria, VA) – Social Security beneficiaries have lost 22 percent of their buying power since 2000, according to the 2015 Survey of Senior Costs by…

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Social Security & Medicare Questions: September 2015

Q: How long do you have to be married to claim a Social Security benefit on a husband’s account? May I claim a widow’s benefit…

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Would Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration Help Social Security’s Solvency?

By Mary Johnson, Editor When President Obama announced his massive immigration executive action last fall, a White House fact sheet said the actions would “expand…

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Feds Bust 243 People In Biggest Medicare Fraud Yet

In what the U.S. Department of Justice is calling the largest nationwide crackdown on Medicare and Medicaid fraud ever, some 243 people were recently arrested…

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Why The Social Security Disability Insurance Program Is Going Broke

“Weakness” in the Social Security Administration’s policies and procedures is to blame for billions in overpayments of disability insurance benefits, according to the U.S. Government…

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One-Third Of Social Security Recipients Have No Other Income

Alexandria, VA: One out of three Social Security recipients, about 31 percent, say they rely entirely on Social Security for all of their income, according…

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Nearly Half Of Social Security Disability Recipients “Overpaid”

Almost half the people receiving Social Security disability benefits over the past ten years were overpaid, according to a new report from the Social Security…

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How Older Americans Would Fix Social Security

Fixing Social Security doesn’t necessarily have to require slashing benefits, according to the findings of TSCL’s annual 2015 Senior Survey. Almost 1,200 survey participants weighed…

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COLA Next Year May Be Zero — Yet Your Housing And Medical Costs Are Jumping

Mary Johnson Cheap gasoline and home heating oil have made plenty of news since last October. The plunge in petroleum prices, the steepest in six…

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Benefit Bulletin: August 2015

Does Social Security Provide Enough Income For Today’s Retirees? More people than ever face a lower standard of living in retirement, according to a growing…

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