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Eight trivia questions for 80th Anniversary of Social Security
(By – Kirk Larson, Social Security Western Washington Public Affairs Specialist) Eighty years ago, on Aug. 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. Here in Washington, Social Security plays a major part in supporting our communities…
Preliminary observations on overpayments and beneficiary work reporting concerning disability insurance
(Source – hr.cch.com) The SSA’s Disability Insurance (DI) program is one of the nation’s largest cash assistance programs. To ensure that beneficiaries remain eligible, SSA regulations require that they promptly report their work activity—including starting a job or a change in…
Mike Huckabee says Social Security imperiled by dramatic decline in wage-earners
(By – Christian Belanger, www.politifact.com) During the Aug. 6 Republican debate, Mike Huckabee and Chris Christie engaged in one of the calmer exchanges of the evening, discussing how best to reform Social Security and Medicare. Christie laid out his position first: raising the…
More Veterans Exposed to Toxic Water Receive Disability Status
(By – Crystal Shepeard, www.care2.com) In 2012, President Barack Obama signed a law that provided health care to thousands of Marine veterans and their families who suffered illnesses linked to contaminated drinking water at a North Carolina Marine base. Due to…
How should Social Security define disability?
(By – JASON RUSSELL, www.washingtonexaminer.com) According to Social Security’s Disability Insurance program, there are only two kinds of disability: completely disabled or not. But in reality, disability is more complex than that. The program’s failure to account for this is a disservice…
Social Security; Part 1: Today the Problem, Tomorrow the Solution
(By – Martin Shapiro, www.huffingtonpost.com) The so-called ‘retirement age’ is nominally thought to be 65 years old, but to get your full Social Security benefit the age is inching up each couple of months to 67, for those born in 1960 or…
What millennials should know about social security
(Source – video.cnbc.com) CNBC’s Landon Dowdy provides insights into viewpoints held by the Millenial Generation (generally considered to be those with birthdates from the early 1980s to the early 2000s), and zeros in on three tips to help people in this…
Beliefs Range Widely on Social Security Stability
(By – Lee Barney) Nearly one-third (31%) of Americans think there is a greater than 50% chance they will outlive their savings, according to Northwestern Mutual’s 2015 Planning & Progress study. Additionally, 12% think there is a 100% chance they…
Lots of Heat, Little Light Emerges From GOP Debate
(By – Samantha Solomon, www.wallstreetdaily.com) If you didn’t get much actual information from the first Republican primary debates on Thursday night, I’m sure you at least had a few laughs and did a couple of double takes. The big talker of the night…
Sen. Bernie Sanders Delivers Populist Message In Portland
(By – Lizzy Duffy and John Sepulvado, www.opb.org) Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke before a crowd of thousands at the Moda Center in Portland on Sunday, shortly after activists against police brutality organized to shed light on the year that has…