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Will the Supreme Court accept the Obamacare subsidy challenge today?
The U.S. Supreme Court justices are scheduled on Friday to discuss whether to accept a case with the potential to severely disrupt health coverage for millions of Americans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. If they take the case, it could…
With Disability Benefits Running on Fumes, What to Do?
Few Americans know that the tax they pay to finance Social Security gets split into two unequal parts. The larger part goes to a trust fund that supports pensions for retirees and survivors. The smaller part goes into another trust…
How you would fix Social Security: Raise the retirement age
About a month ago, the Post invited readers to chime in on what they thought were the best ways to fix Social Security. With the help of the Center for Retirement Research, we presented an array of 12 solutions commonly suggested for the…
How a Divided Senate Could Threaten Social Security
American politics is more diverse, more nuanced and more interesting than most media and political elites choose to note. This country elects Libertarians and Greens and Socialists and independents, along with Democrats and Republicans. And 2014 could produce results that…
Recent Poll: Disability Issues Could Have a Major Impact in the 2014 Elections!
Recently, RespectAbility (a national, disability-focused nonprofit) collaborated with major political pollsters to ask questions of likely 2014 voters in battle-ground states (states whose choice of U.S. Senate candidates in the November elections is uncertain and thus will determine the balance…
What If Congress Raised Taxes And Nobody Cared — Or Even Noticed?
Two years ago, Congress raised taxes on almost every working American – and nobody cared. In fact, a lot of people didn’t even notice. That tells us something important about the way Americans view taxes. But it also tells us…
IRS Bumps Up Retirement Fund Contribution Limits
Good news: The IRS has bumped up retirement account contribution limits for 2015 to reflect cost-of-living increases. So if you’ve been wanting to sock away more in your tax-advantaged accounts, next year is your opportunity. Today’s announcement raises the annual contribution limit for…
Changes Coming to Social Security Benefits Next Year
Many changes are coming to Social Security benefits in 2015 that will give retirees larger checks and benefit statements for some workers, according to US News. Next year, Social Security recipients will receive 1.7% larger checks due to a cost-of-living adjustment. This will result in…
Social Security benefits will increase by 1.7%
Monthly benefits for nearly 64 million Americans will increase 1.7 percent in 2015, the Social Security Administration announced Wednesday. That translates to an increase of roughly $20 a month for the typical SocialSecurity recipient. The 1.7 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin…
SSDI Reform: Promoting Gainful Employment while Preserving Economic Security
The Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program faces imminent insolvency. Annual expenditures totaled $143 billion in 2013, but program receipts amounted to $111 billion—a shortfall that is projected to continue indefinitely. According to the Social Security Trustees, the program’s trust…