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Source: Rubio on track for 2016 run
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is on track to run for President in 2016 even if Jeb Bush also jumps into the race, a source close to Rubio says. The source told CNN that a Bush candidacy — increasingly likely after the…
The Federal Spending Juggernaut
Over the weekend, the Senate approved the $1.1 trillion Cromnibus spending package, which funds parts of the government through September 2015. The ink isn’t even dry on this spending bill, and already big spenders in Congress are gearing up to increase…
Retirement: New Year’s resolutions for wealth, health
New Year’s is nearly upon us, and that’s when many people — including retirees — make resolutions. What’s yours? Saving money? Getting in better shape? To help retirees come up with some creative resolutions, USA TODAY asked five leading national…
ABLE: Opening doors of economic inclusion for persons with disabilities
What if millions of persons with disabilities were able to Achieve a Better Life Experience? The Achieve a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act provides a pathway to independence for persons with disabilities, not an entitlement. ABLE empowers persons with disabilities to pro-actively…
3 Ways To Avoid Being Part Of The Upcoming Retirement Crisis
I ran across an interesting article this week from the Boston Globe with another dire warning about retirement in America. It profiles the work of Alicia Munnell, a former top economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston who is…
Failure to Communicate: Democrats Say They Must Improve Their Message For ’16
A month after their drubbing in the midterm elections, Democrats and liberal commentators have debated the path the party should take as it heads into the 2016 presidential contest. Should it craft a more populist (and anti-Wall Street) position? Should it focus…
Social Security seeks to aid homeless
December 21 is National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day. Since 1990, on or near the first day of winter and the longest night of the year, the National Coalition for the Homeless brings attention to and seeks compassion for the homeless…
Disney Noncommittal On Adding Characters With Disabilities
TIOCH, Calif. — The mother of a toddler with Down syndrome has made good on her promise to hand deliver a petition to The Walt Disney Studios asking the company to include more characters with disabilities in its movies. But the…
Half Of Medicaid Providers Unavailable, Report Finds
A significant number of doctors purportedly accepting Medicaid are not actually offering treatment to the program’s beneficiaries, a new investigation finds. More than half of primary care providers and specialists polled were not able to offer appointments to patients on Medicaid,…
Consumers still pay bigger share for healthcare than government and businesses
U.S. households continued to see medical bills and premiums erode their financial footing last year, even as consumer spending on healthcare and insurance slowed, the results of two recent reports suggest. Households spent $824 billion last year on insurance premiums…