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Why disability insurance is critical
Most people understand why having life insurance is a good idea: Nobody wants to leave their survivors in a financial lurch if they were to die suddenly. But what if you suffer an accident or illness and don’t die, but rather,…
Retirement: starting over in a new job
When a new company took over the packaging company where Pat Baines was vice-president and asked him to transfer from Charlotte, N.C., to California, he chose early retirement, at age 62. That early retirement, plus paying for his sons’ higher…
Social Security goes green on earth day and every day
For years, Social Security has been at the forefront of offering convenient, easy-to-use, and secure online services. We, along with those we serve, have saved a lot of paper, shipping costs, and fuel–and cut back on a lot of carbon exhaust…
Accessible Frank Lloyd Wright House To Make Public Debut
The only fully-accessible home ever designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright is set to open to the public as a museum. The Kenneth & Phyllis Laurent House in Rockford, Ill. will open June 6, just days ahead of what would…
This is one Social Security document you don’t want to toss
Now that the Social Security Administration has decided to begin mailing out paper benefit statements to workers again, we might start looking forward to getting snail mail for once. Or at least we should. Beginning in September, workers older than 25 will…
A few words of advice concerning Social Security Benefits
President Barack Obama wants to eliminate, as part of his proposed fiscal year 2015 budget, aggressive Social Security claiming strategies “which allow upper-income beneficiaries to manipulate the timing of collection of Social Security benefits to maximize delayed retirement credits.” Now,…
The First Social Security Beneficiary
The first person ever to receive a Social Security benefit check was Ida May Fuller from Brattleboro. Miss Fuller (known as Aunt Ida to her friends and family) was born on September 6, 1874 on a farm outside of Ludlow, Vermont.…
Kidney donor advocates for disability benefits
“Back in 2010, Sianini Faitala came to me and advised she had taken off work to donate a kidney to her aunt. So when she came back to work from the surgery she went to her HR office. She was…
Give your mom some Extra Help through Social Security
Mother’s Day is right around the corner. It’s always nice to give Mom a card, flowers or candy, but this year, people all over the country are helping their moms save an estimated $4,000 annually on the cost of Medicare…
Teachers And Social Security
With all the noise about teacher pensions (lately it’s more noise than signal) it’s interesting that Social Security receives so little attention. Social Security impacts teacher retirement and is also an illustrative comparison point in terms of the decisions facing…