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Christie Doubles Down On Vow to Overhaul Medicare and Social Security
(By – ERIC PIANIN, The Fiscal Times) It has never been a way to win friends and influence voters, but New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie isn’t shying away from reform of two “do-not-touch” entitlements—Medicare and Social Security. His goal is to cut the…
Mayo makes case for Medicare reimbursement for telemedicine
(By Jim Spencer, www.startribune.com) Nurses Jennifer Meindel and Chad Ditlevson stand in front of monitors in a small room at the Mayo Clinic reading vital signs and occasionally calling up video images of patients lying in beds. All of the 40-some…
Independence Day, Thomas Paine and Social Security
(By – Nancy Altman, via The Huffington Post) Thomas Paine’s visionary writings embody the spirit of our nation. Perhaps President Franklin Roosevelt was thinking about Thomas Paine and his timeless words when he described Social Security as “a return to values…
The Disability Program Needs Help Itself
(By – Matthew Philips, Bloomberg Business) The Social Security offshoot is facing insolvency next year When President Eisenhower added disability benefits to Social Security in 1956, he pledged that the new program would be run “efficiently and effectively” and that…
Social Security Cuts Punish Middle Class
(By – Amanda Lott, Financial Advisor) In April 2015, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey made some strong recommendations about the need for changes to Social Security. One facet of his 12-point plan was to increase the full retirement age…
Social Security Overpays Beneficiaries $38 Billion Over 10 Years
(By – Emma Boone, Americans for Tax Reform) According to the United States Social Security website, the Social Security Administration (SSA) funds two of the biggest beneficiary programs, the Social Security Disability Insurance program and the Supplement Security Income program.…
Paul Ryan criticizes Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare subsidies
(By – Tom Howell Jr. – The Washington Times) Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, said Sunday the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Obamacare’s subsidies in all the states is a “grave injustice” to the…
So you want to file for Social Security at 62?
(By – Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press) What do you do when you turn 62? Do you file for Social Security benefits as early as possible at 62? Hold off until 66? Or wait until age 70 to receive the maximum benefit? It’s…
Obama: ‘The Affordable Care Act is here to stay’
(By – Ed O’Keefe, The Washington Post) President Obama on Thursday heralded the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a key provision of the Affordable Care Act and sought to cast the law as a settled matter now safely stitched into…
Your financial planner: Happy birthday Social Security
(By – Barbara McMahon, The Kansas City Star) Social Security turns 80 years old this year. The Social Security Act was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 14, 1935. And it’s fair to say that he never could…