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Medicare cuts to hit Ohio hard
The most recent salvo in the ongoing battle about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has been fired. This time, the fight is in regard to Medicare Advantage — and it’s a fight that could affect 11,600 people in…
Pentagon outlines ideas for hybrid retirement system
WASHINGTON — Amid attempts to reduce military personnel spending, the Pentagon on Thursday presented its official thinking on the politically touchy issue of how remake the military retirement system. If enacted, the proposals would result in lower benefits for future troops…
Beware of These Retirement Pitfalls
Eventually, everyone would like to find themselves at a point when they can safely and securely move into retirement. Whether or not they actually make the move, having the option to retire can offer genuine peace of mind. But that…
Obama budget about politics, not tackling spending
President Barack Obama was in Florida Friday at a campaign-style event. He’s not campaigning for himself, of course, but he is trying to save his party ahead of November’s midterms. His party’s policies — from reckless spending to Obamacare —…
Obama budget comes with plenty of vision but no teeth
When White House press secretary Jay Carney led a quartet of President Obama’s top advisers into an auditorium for the annual rollout of the budget Tuesday, only 40 of the room’s 120 seats were occupied — and several of the…
Expanding Retirement Security for All Workers: A Simple 3-Step Plan
How many of us want to retire with $3,000 in savings? That’s the median level of retirement savings held by American households. Not $3,000 a month. Not even $3,000 a year. $3,000 total. Yes, this is a crisis. Social Security will help millions…
The Senior Citizens League Predicts The Next Big Bail Out
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released grim information about Social Security that went largely unnoticed; warns The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) a nonpartisan seniors organization. According to the CBO’s baseline of the Social Security Trust Fund the part of the program…
Obamacare’s Surprise Medicare Cut
One of the ways Obamacare aims to curb health costs is by encouraging home care for the elderly instead of expensive nursing homes and hospital stays. So home health providers were surprised to learn in November that they’ll be taking…
Disability pay: simpler, broader, more generous
The Pentagon’s new retirement reform proposal would make sweeping changes to the complex system of benefits that aim to compensate wounded warriors for injuries that cut short a military career. The new rules, proposed as one element of a broader military…
$1 million in ads to target Democrats on Medicare
Seizing on proposed Medicare Advantage cuts, the right-leaning American Action Network will unveil a $1 million ad campaign on Friday against three vulnerable Democratic senators and six House Democrats. Over the next two weeks, TV buys will be accompanied by mailings…