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Putting stock in Social Security
One way to shore up the Social Security trust fund is to invest it in something with a better return than U.S. Treasury bonds. The idea has been floated off and on for years and is always rejected. But, when Steven…
QE Is Hazardous To Your Retirement
This article provides an analysis of the affects that the Federal Reserves’s Quantitative Easing (QA) program has had on the long-term retirement plans of many elderly Americans. The impact of low interest rates and continuous money supply expansion are explained,…
Sen. Sherrod Brown to co-sponsor Social Security bill
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown announced today that would co-sponsor a bill that would increase benefits and extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund, which nearly 66 percent of Americans rely on for at least half of their income…
Smart Ways to Choose a Medicare (Plan Five Last-Minute Tips for Medicare Enrollment)
If you want to switch your Medicare coverage for 2014, you’ve got just a few weeks left before the annual open enrollment period that ends Dec. 7. If you don’t make a move now, you’ll have limited opportunities to change…
The Growing Challenge with Disability Benefits
Disability benefits are part of the social security entitlement program and increasing costs and escalating numbers of claims are causing challenges. Some economists and others question if the bad economy along with the fact that people not being able to…
259 Congressional representatives call for SGR reform
A majority of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed a letter urging House leadership to support repeal of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, a long-time revenue threat to physicians. The November 20, 2013, letter from 259 Congressional members to Speaker…
Reinventing Retirement Planning
The old paradigm of retirement planning went something like this — sock away up to 5% of your paycheck in a retirement account (ideally matched by your employer) and hope the diversified index of stocks and bonds you buy grows enough…
Sanders aims to ‘rally’ Americans
Unlike many of his colleagues on Capitol Hill, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., refuses to entertain cuts in entitlement programs when it comes to the issue of balancing the budget. His solution to closing the deficits facing the Social Security program…
Sidelined by disability? Social Security may be able to help
Social Security pays benefits to people with disabilities through the Social Security disability insurance program, which is financed by Social Security taxes. If you qualify, you can receive a monthly disability benefit from Social Security for as long as your…
Fact Check: Social Security Does Not Increase the Deficit
The American people love Social Security, and with good reason. It protects seniors and the disabled from poverty, and it is the most important life and disability safeguard available to the nation’s 75 million children. The program is a bargain:…