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Sebelius admits Obamacare will raise health insurance premiums in 2015
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told House Ways and Means Committee members on Wednesday that she expects health insurance rates to increase as the Affordable Care Act takes full effect. ‘I think premiums are likely to go up,’ she…
Obama’s Budget Targets Social Security Benefits
Buried in President Obama’s massive 2015 proposed budget is a major change to Social Security regulations. If enacted, it would eliminate popular Social Security claiming strategies that significantly increase the size of people’s benefits.The administration does not mention the strategies by…
Retirement Living: Biggest retirement regrets
There are few things in life that let you do a do-over. Retirement is not one of them. So, if retirees had an opportunity to do something differently to prepare for their golden years, which mistakes would they correct? Financial advisers, asked…
New ‘Handicapped’ Symbol Featured At Museum Of Modern Art
An updated version of the familiar blue and white icon that’s long symbolized accessibility in parking lots and restrooms alike is now taking its place in the art world. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City is displaying a…
Findings could strengthen nursing home inspections
Federal efforts to strengthen inspections of the nation’s nursing homes are gaining momentum after a government probe uncovered instances of substandard care. The report by the Health and Human Services inspector general found that an estimated one-third of residents suffered harm…
Expanding Retirement Security for All Workers: A Simple 3-Step Plan
How many of us want to retire with $3,000 in savings? That’s the median level of retirement savings held by American households. Not $3,000 a month. Not even $3,000 a year. $3,000 total. Yes, this is a crisis. Social Security will help millions…
AMAC weighs in on the criticality of Medicare oversight improvements
The Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC) has issued a Policy Paper underscoring the importance of structural reforms within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Systemic improvements, AMAC noted, are vital to enabling Medicare to “more effectively and…
Social Security Ups Disability Safeguards
The Social Security Administration is expanding a program nationally to help bar criminals from controlling benefits on behalf of individuals with disabilities and the elderly. The program originally launched as a pilot in the Philadelphia-area in June 2012 in the wake…
White House says Social Security cuts not in budget, but still on the table
The White House released its official budget Tuesday, after leaking the news a few weeks ago that it would not include the chained CPI, those not so clandestine cuts to Social Security benefits. Progressives have been celebrating that victory since. But the…
Efforts to cut federal budget keep running into roadblocks
The budget gurus in Congress have failed for years to find a grand bargain to reduce the government’s long-term debt, so this year they decided to go small. Just 1 percentage point would be shaved from the annual cost-of-living increase…