With the help of his now deceased mother, Anthony George obtained a second Social Security Number under the fictitious name of Sonny Fisher in 1982. Using his fake identity, in 1993 he applied for disability benefits und ...
Category: Issues
Advisory Commission Draft Calls For A Medicare Benefit Redesign
By Mary Johnson Should seniors with Medigap supplements that provide “first dollar coverage” be required to pay more up-front? Should Medicare continue to pay for services based on medical necessity, or should the gov ...
Cost Of Social Security Benefits Based On Illegal Work?
New TSCL Report: $994.8 Billion in Wages In SSA’s Earnings Suspense File While employment plunged at the height of the recession in 2009, new data from the Social Security Administration (SSA) suggests that millions o ...
Benefit Bulletin: June 2012
“Tough Choices” — Payroll Tax Cut For Illegals Or Notch Reform? “Tough choices.” When referring to reducing the Social Security deficit, those tough choices boil down to just two choices — raising taxes or cutting ben ...
Best Ways to Save: Four Secrets To Maximizing Your Social Security Benefit
The majority of seniors depend on Social Security for at least half of their income. Given its importance to your budget, it’s critical to get the biggest benefit that you’re entitled to. Most seniors don’t know how, and ...
Ask The Advisor: COLA Determination
What Is Tracked In Determining The COLA? Q: In determining the COLA what items does the government track for price changes? Why does the COLA grow so much more slowly than my costs? A: It’s not what the government ...
Social Security & Medicare Questions: Medicare Denying Coverage
Q: Recently I visited a specialist to determine the cause of a chronic cough. As I was checking out, I learned that the doctor wanted me to undergo a series of high-tech tests that I followed through with. Medicare denie ...
Seniors Lose 34 Percent Of Their Buying Power Since 2000: 2012 Annual Survey Of Senior Costs Finds Expenses Have Increased More Than Twice as Fast as Social Security COLA
May 15, 2012 (Washington, DC) – Seniors have lost more than one-third of their buying power since 2000, according to the Annual Survey of Senior Costs, released today by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). TSCL is one of ...
Benefit Bulletin: April 2012
Millions of Seniors Are Losing Benefits A new report has found that millions of senior Americans are missing out on over $20 billion in benefits that help pay for healthcare, prescriptions, food, and utilities. TSCL is ...
Congressional Corner: Promises Made To Seniors Must Be Kept
By Representative Bill Posey (FL-15) Most seniors have spent their entire lives paying into a system that guarantees Social Security and Medicare benefits at retirement age, and the federal government must honor that ...
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