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Pundits Bemoan Failure to Cut Social Security
Last week the White House announced that it was–at least for now–giving up on a cut in Social Security benefits known as “chained CPI.” This news made many in the elite media upset that Washington wasn’t coming together to do something so…
Study: Data analysis may combat Medicare and Medicaid fraud
Data analysis can provide businesses with key information to make improvements and mitigate risk, and it may even be able to help combat Medicare and Medicaid fraud. The University of Cincinnati recently released a report that analyzed the effect of fraud-fighting…
Obama drops Social Security cut
Yielding to pressure from congressional Democrats, President Obama is abandoning a proposed cut to Social Security benefits in his election-year budget. The president’s budget request for fiscal 2015, which is due out March 4, will not call for a switch to…
Obama’s Retirement Cap Could Hit Middle Class
President Obama wants to limit America’s retirement benefits. In his State of the Union address, Obama indicated he will include in his 2015 budget proposal in March plans to limit how much Americans can put in tax-deferred retirement plans including their…
Cook lobbying to stop closure
Rep. Paul Cook is among a growing contingent of officials and locals opposing a plan to close the Barstow Social Security office and consolidate it with the Victorville office. Cook, R-Apple Valley, wrote a letter opposing the move last month to…
Dentists need to plan for retirement, too
Professionals, such as doctors and dentists, are a lot like you and me. They have to plan for retirement too. But unlike you and me, these professionals have access to a wide variety retirement-planning tools and techniques. They also have a…
Deutch hails decision to preserve Social Security COLAs
South Florida Congressman Ted Deutch on Friday praised President Barack Obama’s decision this week to preserve Social Security cost-of-living raises. The president has rejected the idea of using the “Chained-CPI” – a different way of figuring inflation — which would reduce Social Security raises. Deutch,…
What Illnesses Qualify for Social Security Disability Benefits
As a Cincinnati Ohio Social security disability benefits lawyer as well as a personal injury attorney I often get asked what illnesses, afflictions, diseases or injuries qualify me for social security disability income benefits or otherwise make be eligible to…
Medicare Data Shows Wide Differences In ACOs’ Patient Care
Networks of doctors and hospitals set up under the Affordable Care Act to improve patients’ health and save money for Medicare are having varying rates of success in addressing their patients’ diabetes and heart disease, according to government data released…
1 in 3 Medicare patients receive painkillers from multiple doctors
Approximately one in three Medicare patients who receive prescriptions for narcotic painkillers get them from multiple doctors – a trend that could lead to an increased risk of hospitalization for these seniors, HealthDay News reported. In a new study published in…