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Retirement readiness looks grim in many states, including NJ
Retirement readiness is grim across much of the country, an analysis released today shows. Nearly every state comes up short in key areas that gauge retirement readiness: anticipated retirement income, major retirement costs, such as housing and health care, and labor…
Disability insurer launches fundraising campaign for U.S. Paralympics
U.S. Paralympic snowboarders Evan Strong and Amy Purdy take flight in The Hartford’s new television commercials and shred stereotypes about people with physical disabilities. Strong is a test pilot and Purdy is a fighter in the high-flying ads that will…
Obama’s Budget Punts On Entitlements; Medicaid Debate Rankles States
Obama Budget Avoids Needed Entitlement And Tax Reform There is a lesson in this unexpected juxtaposition nevertheless: No nation can safely base its tax and spending plans on inflexible commitments. Political life, both domestic and international, is too unpredictable. Yet…
4 Huge ‘Tax’ Increases That Could Affect Your Business
Small-business confidence remains significantly below pre-recession levels. Why? It isn’t just the cold winter, the uncertainty, and the sluggish growth. Ask any of my more than 500 small and midsize clients and one common theme will come up: taxes. Most of the business…
AMAC weighs in on the criticality of Medicare oversight improvements
The Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC) has issued a Policy Paper underscoring the importance of structural reforms within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Systemic improvements, AMAC noted, are vital to enabling Medicare to “more effectively and…
Developmental Disability Awareness Month – PCADD assists area families
The month of March is national Developmental Disability Awareness Month, and the Bowling Green Times will be running a series of articles throughout the next several weeks featuring area agencies that provide services to persons with developmental disabilities. It bears mentioning…
Feds Earmark Millions For Disability Housing Assistance
Federal housing officials are putting $120 million on the table to help thousands of people with disabilities access rental assistance. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said Tuesday that state housing agencies can apply now through May 5 for…
Complex Medicaid And Medicare Eligibility Issues Mired In Controversial Immigration Debate
People typically mix up Medicare and Medicaid, the former guarantees access to health care insurance for senior citizens, while the latter provides health care to low-income families. As if that’s complicated enough, the fact that both programs are now getting entangled…
Medicare Advantage rate cuts expected in 2015
Seniors and people with disabilities enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans could see premium increases of almost $75 a month if proposed payment cuts by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are implemented in 2015. CMS recently announced its proposed 2015 changes to…
Obama Budget Plan Challenges Cuts to Training, Customer Service
President Obama’s $3.9 trillion fiscal 2015 budget gives a nod to bipartisanship on agreed-upon spending levels, but it takes on political opponents by calling to restore agency training and customer service. “Our citizens and businesses expect their government to provide the…