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Medicare is here to stay
Medicare went into effect 48 years ago on July 1, 1966. Earlier that same year, Medicare workers went door to door trying to get seniors to sign up. Medicare was not the cornerstone then that it is today and people did…
OP-ED: Rethinking the term disability
This past weekend, the College of San Mateo was incredibly fortunate to have hosted the 2014 U.S. Paralympics Track and Field National Championships. World-class athletes from all over the country were able to take in the wonderful views up at…
Social Security Closes Offices As Boomers Retire. How to Get Help Now.
As millions of Baby Boomers start to retire, the Social Security Administration is being flooded with demands for help with benefits. But in a feat of bad timing, the agency has closed 64 field offices (1 out of 20), reduced…
The real cost of delaying retirement savings will shock you
Recent graduates have a lot on their minds: moving, finding a job and the looming repayment of school loans. Retirement is typically low on the list of priorities, but ignoring the issue entirely can literally cost young professionals hundreds of…
Four Ways to Supercharge Your Social Security Payments
If everyone got the same Social Security payment — no matter how much they earned or how long they worked — retirement would be simple. But there are so many variations in Social Security benefits that it pays to spend…
‘The Doctor Is In’ lecture at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, 111 Brewster St., Pawtucket, hosts a program titled “Developments in Joint Replacement, Hip and Knee” as part of its “The Doctor Is In” series Wednesday, from 9 to 10:30 a.m., in the Sayles Conference Center.…
Senate Aging Committee Examines the Effects of Shuttered Social Security Service Offices on Seniors
Despite an increased caseload resulting from the retirement of the Baby Boomers and the expansion of the Social Security Disability Insurance Program (SSDI), in the past five years, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has closed 64 of approximately 1,245 field…
Bigger Health Companies: Good for Medicare, Maybe Not for Others
Although Obamacare’s health insurance expansion has directly provided coverage to only about 4 percent of Americans, changes embedded in the Affordable Care Act could affect many more people, and not always in good ways. One such change is a provision that allows organizations…
A Five Point Approach to Fix Social Security: What Everyone Needs to Know
It’s no secret that Congress has not been solving many problems lately – and its popularity reflects this. Some of the issues the country faces are complicated and defy easy solution. Then, there is Social Security – whose problem is…
Will Social Security consider the years of schooling I have had or what my real edcuational ability is when determining what other work I can do?
I am currently working on a federal court case in which my client completed 8th grade but believes that she really only has an education at the 3rd or 4th grade level. She Add Media claims that the teachers just…