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Obama Signs Autism Act Renewal
With little fanfare, President Barack Obama signed a reauthorization of the nation’s primary autism legislation that includes more than a billion dollars in federal funding for the developmental disorder. Signed on Friday, the law calls for $260 million annually through 2019…
Why Millennials Aren’t Lazy, Spoiled or Entitled
More than a few readers have responded to my articles with a common refrain that kids today are given much more than older generations — and thus are much more willing to spend and less principled in saving. And that this deficit…
Government disability payments skyrocketing despite fewer veterans
Even though there are fewer veterans now than a decade ago, the government is paying nearly three times as much in disability payments as it did then, according to a budget analysis that says the war on terrorism has left…
America’s Adults Won’t Be Ready For Retirement
The Great Recession has had a huge affect on people’s retirement plans — and many households are not adequately prepared for the future. This is according to the results of a new Federal Reserve survey. Adults now expect to keep working past retirement…
Medicare helps keep elderly out of poverty
Medicare celebrated its 49th anniversary on July 30. President Lyndon Johnson signed the bill in 1965, while Harry Truman was seated next to him, receiving the very first Medicare card. A few facets of Medicare to celebrate are: The poverty…
Too often, parents raid retirement funds to pay college costs
While parents share in the excitement and celebration of their children receiving acceptance letters from the colleges of their choice, many of them also quietly agonize over how they are going to foot the bill. Too often, parents who have…
VA chief makes 1st hospital visit amid scandal
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald visited a VA hospital Friday for the first time since taking over the embattled agency last month, meeting with veterans and health care providers and vowing to restore trust in the organization. Reports that dozens…
Congressional Budget Office Report on Veterans’ Disability Compensation Finds a Rise of 55 …
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) oversees a disability program that makes payments through the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) to compensate U.S. veterans for medical conditions or injuries that are incurred or aggravated during active duty in the military, although…
How immigration can save Medicare
Next week I’m scheduled for a cervical spinal fusion that costs upward of $100,000, but I won’t be paying for it.Like 50 million other Medicare recipients, I will receive the care I need more or less free of charge thanks…
The House should vote to kill the death tax
Political parties may not agree on much, but one surprising exception in Washington is death tax repeal. Currently the top federal rate on the taxable estates is 40 percent, and it is one of the most widely hated and immoral…