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Unraveling the mystery of Social Security retirement benefits
There is no escaping the Social Security question. With the Baby Boomer generation retiring, Social Security is becoming a hot topic. Social Security was designed in 1935 to provide older Americans with an income stream after retiring. They established a system…
Home Instead, Heritage Health offer Medicare workshop
The local Home Instead Senior Care office is partnering with Heritage Health to offer a training to seniors and their families on the Medicare program. The training will include such topics as how to understand Medicare eligibility and enrollment requirements and…
Hospitals to see Medicare payments tied more to readmission rates
Scrolling through a slew of files stored on his desktop, James Messerschmidt looked for an updated list of home-care providers. As the social worker specifically assigned to the emergency department at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Messerschmidt’s goal is to give his…
Webb County Heritage Foundation celebrate Sisters of Mercy
LAREDO, TEXAS (KGNS) — The Webb County Heritage Foundation has opened up a new exhibit to celebrate an organization with roots of more than a century in Laredo. A new display for the Sisters of Mercy shows artifacts, photos and information…
Petition Aims To Stop Medicare’s Use Of Social Security Numbers
Syndicated talk show host Clark Howard says the identities of some 60 million senior citizens on Medicare is put in jeopardy by the government’s practice of using Social Security numbers as Medicare I-D numbers. He says half of all identity theft happens…
Column misleading about what welfare is
There are few examples of how to lie with statistics more blatant than Catherine Rampell’s column on “Welfare recipients not who you think” (Aug. 11). Every one of her numbers is misleading at best, and out and out incorrect at…
Deferring Social Security can yield higher monthly benefits
Waiting to take Social Security benefits after your full retirement age will increase your monthly benefits as much as 76 percent, according to the nonpartisan National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). This short video explains why. Here’s an example of…
If retirement is so terrible, where are the riots?
I’ve lost count of how many surveys I’ve seen telling us that all Americans will suffer deprivation when they retire. I’m sure you’ve seen them, too. A recent Harris Poll found that 74 percent of Americans worried about retirement. The…
Social Security Disability: What Happens When You Turn 65?
One of the most common questions individuals receiving Social Security disability (SSD) benefits have is whether they switch to retirement benefits when they turn 65. The answer is that when an individual reaches full retirement age—often 65 but sometimes older,…
National Social Security Week
<em class=”wnDate”>Sunday, August 17, 2014 12:25 PM EDT</em&gt National my Social Security week is August 17-23, 2014. During that week, Social Security will host a number of events and activities across the country. The goal is to raise awareness of the…