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Consumers should beware of changes in Medicare plans
SAN ANTONIO — Most seniors stay with the same Medicare plans year after year without shopping around for the best deals, experts say. The volume of health-plan marketing materials arriving in the mail each fall can be overwhelming and the…
Cybersecurity Awareness Month Reminds Us to Practice Better Security Habits
It’s October, and that means it is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security, this is the 10th anniversary of this awareness month, and I don’t think we’ve ever needed it more. Since Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2013, we’ve seen…
Lackluster savings tarnishing seniors’ golden years
Retiree dreams of lengthy vacations, days on the golf course and indulging the grandkids may be dust. Most retirees haven’t saved enough even to maintain their pre-retirement lifestyle, according to a new study from Interest.com based on Census Bureau data. The rule of…
Social Security and You: More File and Suspend Clarifications
It sometimes seems like almost everyone pushing retirement age today thinks he or she wants to employ the “file and suspend” strategy to maximize his or her Social Security benefits. Not a single day goes by when I don’t get…
More critical-access hospital closings likely
Amid ongoing federal scrutiny of the extra funding paid small hospitals to serve remote areas, the number of critical-access hospitals in the U.S. continued to fall over the past year, according to Modern Healthcare magazine’s annual review of CMS data…
Social Security and You: Offsets explained
There are some provisions of Social Security law that impact only a small portion of the population, but they cause more confusion than just about any other Social Security rule. I have explained these provisions many times in this column.…
America’s oldest workers: Why we refuse to retire!
For these seniors, the best retirement is not to retire. From a 102-year-old Wal-Mart worker to an activist park ranger, these workers have stayed on the job well into their golden years. At 102 years old, Loren Wade is one…
Pingree urges Social Security to expedite claims for more disabled veterans
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today asked the Social Security Administration to give special consideration in the disability claims process to veterans whom the Department of Veterans Affairs has deemed unemployable due to service-connected disabilities. In a letter signed by 13 other…
White House To Convene Disability Summit
For the first time, a White House event will bring together experts from across the country to address the unique health and fitness concerns of those with disabilities. The two-day White House Summit and Research Forum on Improved Health and…
The $400,000 Social Security Mistake
Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX) opened today’s hearings on Social Security with grim statistics. Unless Congress acts, Americans receiving disability benefits won’t get full benefits starting in 2016, and when Americans who are 48 today reach full retirement age in 2033, they and everyone else…