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Would you trade your Social Security number for a pistachio cookie?
A performance artist recently set up a booth at a New York festival, offering homemade cookies in exchange for visitors’ phone numbers, fingerprints, address, mother’s maiden name, date of birth, driver’s license number, last four digits of their Social Security numbers, and…
Medicare counseling can save seniors money
Medicare, Medigap, medications — trying to fend off the afflictions of aging, on the income of retirees, can be hard. And as they struggle with the challenge, seniors need to stay in sync with the stipulations of both government and…
What Did President Obama Fail to Mention to Millennials?
Last week in Santa Monica, California, President Obama spoke of the achievements of the millennial generation—those of us born after 1980 and before the mid-2000s. He praised millennials for being the most educated, energetic, and tech-savvy generation ever, but he left out…
The Second Obamacare Election
A second major rebuke of Obama would be historic—and might even suggest he’s “on the wrong side of history.” If the Republicans take the Senate, Obama will be the first president since Woodrow Wilson to lose the House in one…
Medicare 101
Medicare is the health plan provided by taxpayers to everybody aged 65 and older, as well as younger people with disabilities. While the prescription-drug portion of the plan can be complicated, the basic hospital and health service plans are not…
Small Businesses Face Surge of Disability Lawsuits
Small-business are facing a sharp increase in disabled-access lawsuits in the wake of a federal appeals-court ruling that allowed so-called disabled “testers” — private individuals who aren’t patrons but visit businesses to check for violations — to take the owners…
Nearing Retirement? Time To Tackle Your Debt
Concern about personal debt (credit cards, student loans, mortgages and the like) has become a major part of the national conversation around financial security. Nowhere does this conversation have more relevance than for retirees who survive on a fixed income and have…
For 1 in 4 seniors, Extra Help cuts medication costs
Tens of thousands of Michigan seniors — 1 in 4 Medicare beneficiaries, according to federal estimates — are leaving millions of dollars on the table because they haven’t asked for Extra Help. That’s the name of a Medicare program, also known as…
Senate candidates should be addressing Social Security
The election between Democrat Mark Udall and Republican Cory Gardner assures the voters of Colorado two things: There will be one winner and millions of losers. Every man, woman, and child in the state who has an interest in the…
Processes Are Needed To Address Potentially Erroneous Social Security Tax Credit Claims, TIGTA Report Finds
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) needs to improve its processes to address potentially erroneous excess Social Security Tax Credit claims, according to a report publicly released today by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). The Federal Insurance Contributions Act…