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House Leader Calls for Interim Study on Kentucky Teacher Retirement System
The Republican leader of the Kentucky House wants a study conducted on the under-funded Kentucky Teachers Retirement System before the 2016 legislature convenes. House Republican Floor Leader Jeff Hoover sent a letter this week to Governor Beshear urging him to create…
Social Security and You: Women Who Worry They Are Missing Out
Every single day, I get emails from women wondering if they are missing out on some kind of Social Security benefits. These are almost always women in their late 60s or even in their 70s and 80s. They are either…
Comp Reporting Plan Would Increase Employer Burden
The Social Security Administration’s proposal that workers compensation benefits be reported annually to the agency would increase insurers’ and employers’ paperwork and costs. “There is a potential here of an extra burden … and potentially extra costs for employers and carriers…
Don’t agree with a Medicare decision? File an appeal
If you disagree with a coverage or payment decision made by Medicare or your Medicare Advantage plan you have the option to file an appeal….You can also appeal if Medicare or your Advantage plan stops providing or paying for all…
How Do We Get Those Able to Work Off of Disability?
Congress should revise Social Security disability insurance to give them incentives to re-enter the labor force With the Social Security disability-insurance (SSDI) program heading toward insolvency before the end of next year, lawmakers are looking for reforms to help individuals…
Changes in Medicare Could Affect You
Shortly before Easter the House of Representatives passed legislation that’s supposed to fix once and for all the formula the government uses to pay doctors who treat Medicare patients. The Senate is expected to agree…. Changing Medicare from an insurance…
Clients’ Top Retirement Worry is Going Broke: AICPA
CPA financial planners in survey list their clients’ top retirement-related concerns Americans worry most about running out of money in retirement, according to a survey released Wednesday by the American Institute of CPAs. The institute’s first quarter personal financial planners sentiment…
Ryan: Medicare and Social Security Unsustainable
The country cannot continue promising money it doesn’t have to its citizens, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan says. Ryan spoke Wednesday at a listening session in the auditorium at Case High School, 7345 Washington Ave. About 115 people heard Ryan discuss a…
Appealing a Social Security Decision
Social Security listened to customer feedback and made the online appeals process even better. Now, people who disagree with our disability decision can complete their appeal using our improved online appeals process. More than 90,000 people use our online appeals…
How Megan McArdle Gets Social Security Profoundly Wrong
With even mainstream Democrats coming to embrace the idea of expanding Social Security to help address our looming retirement crisis, it couldn’t be long before the pushback emerged from conservatives and Republicans. Bloomberg’s libertarian economics columnist Megan McArdle was quick out of the…