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National Women’s Health Week begins May 11
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services observes National Women’s Health Week May 11 – 17, 2014. Take time this week to consider your own health status. Many of us routinely ponder ways to improve our health such as…
May 8: Knock your socks off with Social Security’s online services
May 8 is National No Socks Day. It may be a good day to visit Social Security online at www.socialsecurity.gov, because we have some online services that will knock your socks off. National No Socks Day is a day for celebrating the…
Social Security Administration Eyeing Elimination of Nationwide Field Structure
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has been eyeing a plan that would radically transform the agency’s current structure, eliminating the face-to-face customer service that the 43 million Americans who annually visit their SSA field offices have traditionally received. The report, titled “Long-Term…
AMAC Health Care Symposium attracts high-caliber speakers
Planning for the June 9-10 AMAC Foundation Health Care Symposium in Washington has taken a major leap forward with the enlisting of support from some of the most prominent voices in the national health care debate. Representatives of leading advocacy…
National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2014 theme announced
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced the 2014 official theme of National Disability Employment Awareness Month: “Expect. Employ. Empower.” Observed in October, NDEAM is a nationwide campaign that raises awareness about disability employment issues and honors the many diverse contributions of America’s…
Retirement: pushing the pause/restart buttons
Working past 66 may not be everyone’s idea of a dream “retirement,” but for many baby-boomers, it could represent the future. A 2013 Wells Fargo survey showed that one-third of respondents expect to work until “at least 80” for lack…
Are We On The Road To A Generational War Over Social Security?
There’s a showdown looming between the young and the old, according to demographics expert Paul Taylor, author of The Next America: Boomers, Millennials and the Looming Generational Showdown. Unlike the last time America grappled with a generation gap and the rallying cry…
The Real Retirement Crisis
America has a retirement crisis, but it’s not what some people want you to believe it is. It’s not the defined benefit pension plans that public employees pay into over a lifetime of work, which provide retirees an average of $23,400 annually…
The Health-Care Job That Really Matters
The official who matters most when it comes to controlling U.S. health-care spending has just resigned, leaving behind a program with serious fiscal problems that badly needs further reform. No, not Kathleen Sebelius — and the program isn’t the Affordable…
Will Medicare patients be left out of the bionics revolution?
The dawn of the Bionic Man is upon us. Bionic eyes help the blind to see and bionic ears allow the deaf to hear. Bionic limbs let the armless man reach and grasp and bionic legs have helped a fallen woman walk, and even dance again. Millions have…