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How Sanders Would Pay for Expanded Benefits
Sanders is starting to gain traction in promising expansions of both Social Security and Medicare. He is proposing tax increases in order to pay for these. This Medicare overhaul would cost employees an extra 2.2 percent on top of another…
The Need for Fraud Detection and Prevention
Social Security beneficiaries include nearly 42 million retired workers, and there are about 6 million survivors of deceased workers receiving benefits, so there’s ample room for fraud to take place in the system. This article, published on www.herald-dispatch.com, calls for the public…
Bernie Sanders on Single-Payer Health Care…How to Cover the Cost?
As Bernie Sanders’ campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination picks up steam, questions have become more intense on the issue of how to fund his universal health care plans. This article, by Tami Luhby on money.cnn.com, takes a look at this and…
A Look at the Aging of America
The Washington Post’s Editorial Board, an an article posted on www.washingtonpost.com, provides a statistical view of the implications of a rapidly aging population here in America, and cites the absence of firm plans to deal with the issues. Read the article…
Baby Boomers and Recent Market Trends
The stock market has been a rocky and volatile environment recently and as such is a very intimidating place for those that are not pros in this arena. This greatly affects Baby Boomers looking to shore up their investments heading…
Health Care Benefits and Employment
Survey after Survey finds that health care benefits are still one of the biggest things potential employees look for in a job. Baby Boomers and Millennials place near identical importance on this issue and are more likely to take jobs…
Social Security Under Sanders and Clinton
Both of these candidates are promising positive changes to Social Security in order to protect its solvency. They differ in their arguments when it comes to who is footing the bill under their respective plans. Clinton would finance this ambitious…
How Income Inequality is Effecting Social Security
Social Security can currently pay off ¾ of benefits. This is attributed to its solvency issue and is one of the main arguments for getting it fixed and stabilized. One reason that some experts believe why this happened is because…
The Impact of Increasing the Retirement Age
With increases in life expectancy, the impact of setbacks in the full retirement age for Social Security beneficiaries has a tendency to affect low income people disproportionately, according to an analysis by Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research. Read the article…
How Divorce Effects Social Security
Many people do not realize that they may still be eligible for spousal benefits from Social Security even after divorce. This is a very important thing to keep in mind if you were ever a stay at home spouse or…