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Your final four from Social Security
Since 1939, March has meant one thing in the world of sports: March Madness. In this tournament, 68 college basketball teams compete through the month until the final four teams remain. Coaches gather their teams to drive home the gravity…
Saving Social Security Disability Insurance: … Holistic Social Security Reform
Jason J. Fichtner, Jason S. Seligman The Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) program is running short of money. Under current projections, its trust fund will be exhausted by the end of 2016, causing an automatic benefit reduction of about 20…
AMAC ‘Lights a Fire’ in Congress to Deal with Social Security Issues
‘On its current financial track, Social Security is not sustainable’ WASHINGTON, DC, Mar 6 – Lawmakers joined with the Association of Mature American Citizens this week at a Social Security Working Group meeting intended “to light a fire” in Congress…
RI Senator Wants to Exempt Social Security from State Income Tax
A Rhode Island State Senator has filed legislation, that would exempt Social Security income from the state’s personal income tax. The bill filed by Sen. Paul Fogarty, D – Burrillville, would also exempt $25,000 of income received from public and private…
AMAC Hosts Social Security Roundtable in Washington
Today, beginning at 9:30 am in the Congressional Meeting Room North, Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, the Association of Mature Americans (AMAC) is hosting a discussion to evaluate viable solutions to save and strengthen Social Security. AMAC Founder and CEO Dan…
Low Gas Prices Endanger Social Security COLA
In mid- to late October, the Social Security Administration will announce its cost-of-living increase for benefits paid to eligible seniors for 2016. For the third time in seven years, the increase might be a big fat zero. The years 2010 and 2011…
Amp Up Your 401(k) No Matter How Much You Earn
What’s the number one concern of most retirees? Running out of money. It’s the natural consequence of our expanding life expectancy….For decades the financial services community has implored us to “Save More!” The reality, however, is that whether you’re in…
NFDA to Congress: Help Social Security Recipients and War Heroes
When members of the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) are in Washington, D.C., next week, they will urge their elected representatives to pass legislation that will help the families of social security recipients and fallen service members honor their loved…
26 Unsettling Truths About Social Security
The Social Security program is turning 80 this year, and though most Americans won’t commemorate this milestone, a huge chunk of them — 57 million — will benefit from it by more than $1,200 a month. The future of the Social Security…
Committee passes bipartisan Brady bill to strengthen Medicare…
The House Committee on Ways and Means on Thursday passed several important bills to protect and strengthen Medicare, including Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, and Ranking Member Jim McDermott’s (D-Wash.) Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (PIMA) of…