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Aging Parents’ Struggle To Pay Out Of Pocket Medical Costs
When Medicare started, most of us thought it would take care of our medical costs when we got to be 65. Right away, we learned that we have to get supplemental insurance to pay for the 20% of those costs…
Small Businesses Say, “Meh” to Obamacare Exchange
Obamacare’s Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) exchange is up and running, but it’s not getting much attention from the small businesses it’s designed to help. Some problems stem from some technical glitches with the website, as the Washington Post…
Social Security Nominee Defends Integrity, Career
A day after her nomination ran into trouble in the Senate, President Barack Obama’s pick to head the Social Security Administration passionately defended her integrity, her long career in government and her handling of a troubled computer project she inherited…
Buchanan’s role on Social Security issues increases
U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan will be added to the Social Security subcommittee on the House Ways and Means Committee, his office announced on Friday. Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, is currently the only member of the House from Florida on the Ways…
National survey addresses disability awareness
Academic institutions across the United States attempting to accommodate learning disabilities within their student body employ a variety of means to educate their faculty and bring awareness to their students. Professors encountering students in need at Biola depend on direction…
GOP Moves to Block Soc. Security Nominee Over $300M Computer Debacle
All 11 Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee signed a letter Wednesday to Carolyn Colvin, President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Social Security Administration, saying they want answers to allegations that Social Security officials may have misled Congress…
House Unanimous at Last: No Social Security for Nazis
Suspected Nazi war criminals would be blocked from receiving Social Security benefits under a bill unanimously approved yesterday by the House, shutting a loophole that allowed suspected Nazis to be paid millions of dollars. Under the bill, benefits would be…
Seniors face health care gaps, despite Medicare
Americans older than 65 are more likely to have chronic illnesses and to say they struggle to afford health care – despite qualifying for the federal Medicare program – than are seniors in other industrialized countries, according to a study…
Don’t Get Scrooged by These 20 Holiday Scams
Retailers do big business during December, but so do thieves. With so much money flowing freely, con artists are out in full force. Money Talks News founder Stacy Johnson highlights some of the biggest holiday scams in the video below.…
Nominee for Social Security faces delay
President Obama’s pick to head the Social Security Administration could be stalled over the agency’s handling of a $300 million computer project that doesn’t work. A group of Republican senators said Wednesday they will try to block the nomination of Carolyn…