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Laws To Expand Paid Family Leave, Disability Coverage Take Effect
Several new California laws go into effect Tuesday, including measures to expand paid family leave and increase requirements for disability insurance policies, the Sacramento Bee reports. An increase in CalSTRS contributions also takes effect Tuesday. In September 2013, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed legislation…
Annuities in U.S. Retirement Plans Get Government Boost
Retirees with 401(k) plans and individual retirement accounts will have more flexibility to purchase annuities that don’t start paying out until age 80 or 85, under final rules from the U.S. Treasury Department. The rules announced today provide a new way for retirees…
Barton among hospitals facing Medicare cut for adverse patient events
Barton Memorial Hospital is among 10 California hospitals and 761 hospitals nationwide potentially facing lower Medicare reimbursements this fall because of their adverse patient-complication rates. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services analyzed health care data and released a preliminary assessment…
Getting the Best Price for Your House to Help Finance Your Retirement
SA) – Have you forgotten something in figuring where you’re going to retire to? Let’s see, you’ve researched which states tax Social Security income (only 14, including Colorado, Connecticut, Kansas, North Dakota and Vermont). And you’ve even consulted the numbers-crunchers…
Social Security Disability Insurance: What Does It Mean to American Workers and Their Families?
Social Security Disability Insurance, or SSDI, protects nearly all American workers and their families in case of a life-changing disability or illness. About 8.9 million disabled workers, as well as 2 million spouses and children, currently receive modest but vital…
Social Security Trustees Report – Predicting the Predictabl
The Social Security Act requires the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds (OASDI), the 7 senior government officials nominally responsible for Social Security, to provide Congress with a report on…
Social Security Column: Social Security Honors Veterans
In the United States, people do a lot to recognize and honor the heroes who serve in the Armed Forces and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. July, as we celebrate our nation’s independence, is an appropriate month to recognize…
Retirees may be ignoring their biggest assets
When deciding how to divide a portfolio between stocks and bonds, many investors simply subtract their age from 100 to determine what percentage to put into stocks, and invest the rest in bonds. But new research indicates that before doing the…
Hello, Congress: Americans want a strong Social Security system
Political polarization is at a historic peak. Americans are divided on gun control, abortion, healthcare and privacy, according to a study released last month by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press documenting our increasing ideological rigidity and partisan…
Jindal signs bill expanding disability rights for individuals, veterans
Gov. Bobby Jindal was in Shreveport Monday to sign a bill into law supporting veterans and individuals with disabilities and an ArkLaTex woman said that is a great victory for people like her. The bill, SB 432, prohibits any person with a…