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4 Important Things You Need to Know About Social Security
(By – AJ Smith) Retirement sounds exciting, but it can actually be a difficult landscape to understand and navigate. A retirement calculator can help guide your savings goals, both with a total target you are trying to hit and a…
Supporting our youth and protecting our future
(By – Anne Carlson, Special to the Olean Times Herald) ocial Security serves a person for life — from birth, to death, and even beyond, by helping to care for surviving dependents. When a parent becomes disabled or dies, Social…
Medicare Should Cover Hearing Aids
(By – Bobbie Brinegar, Huffington Post) This year, as Medicare turns 50, it’s a good time to look back on its half-century of success in providing access to health care for hundreds of millions of older Americans. It’s also a good…
Vast trove of Medicare data details how billions are spent
(Source – www.fredericksburg.com) Joint replacement was the most common hospital procedure that Medicare paid for in 2013, accounting for nearly 450,000 inpatient admissions and $6.6 billion in payments. Among physicians, cancer specialists received the largest payments from Medicare, but much of their…
The Biggest Problem With Social Security, Revealed
(By – Sean Williams) For many, retirement is the ultimate goal. Unfortunately, this is also a goal that hangs perilously out of reach for far too many people. Baby boomers, in particular, are facing a number of challenges. First and foremost, Boomers…
Undo Obamacare? Dream on
(By – James Warren, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS) Having ducked the need to replace Obamacare, Republicans can now bitch and flail and face Washington’s most potent force: the status quo. The Affordable Care Act is now the de facto status quo as…
What Divorced Retirees Should Know About Social Security
(Source – www.themarketsurge.com) Your marriage may be over, but there’s still a chance Social Security will pay you for the years you put in. What workers and retirees don’t know about their Social Security benefits is staggering. According to a survey from…
Same-Sex Marriage’s Big Benefit is Social Security
(By – Mark Miller, www.dailyfinance.com) Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage will give a huge boost to the retirement security of LGBT Americans. That will be especially true in the realm of Social Security — where it pays to be…
Congressional roll call: How WNC reps voted
(Source – www.citizen-times.com) Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. Repealing Medicare Advisory Board: The House has passed the Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act (H.R. 1190), sponsored by Rep. David P. Roe, R-Tenn.…
Social Security Disability: 3 Critical Mistakes to Avoid When Applying
(By – Dan Caplinger, Sean Williams, and Keith Speights) Social Security isn’t just for retirees; millions of Americans rely on Social Security to get vital disability benefits for long-term injuries or illnesses. But getting the benefits you deserve can be a…