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The Rise of Semi-Retirement
Switching directly from a full-time job that consumes most of your waking hours to retirement can be a very abrupt change. More than a third of working Americans say they would like to semi-retire, or cut back their hours, before…
Understanding the difference between Medicare and the marketplaces
If you have Medicare, you may be confused by the buzz surrounding the launch of the new health insurance marketplaces, which are part of the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare). What do these marketplaces mean for you? It’s important…
What is the definition of “disability” for the purposes of Social Security disability benefits?
For the purposes of Social Security disability benefits (SSDI or SSI), the term “disability” is defined in the Social Security Act as as an inability “to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment…
How Expanding Social Security Can Help
This is an awesome new infographic on Social Security put together though a partnership between Democracy for America, Move On, and Social Security Works. It explains how retirement savings accounts can reinforce economic inequality and highlights the recent efforts of…
Town Hall helps in fight for Social Security, Medicare
For the past 78 years, Social Security has lifted millions of seniors out of poverty and provided many more with the opportunity to live out their golden years with dignity and independence. And for 48 years, Medicare has provided seniors…
Quick Fix for Social Security Could Create False Hopes
Apparently when one is an elected official, one has to make sure their concerns reflect the concerns of their constituency and obviously the concerns of seniors is at the top of the list. Seniors – more than any other age…
House Republicans raise stakes and propose one-year delay of Obamacare
Republicans on Saturday mapped out a collision course towards the first US government shutdown in 17 years, making fresh demands for postponing Obama’s heathcare reforms almost certain to be rejected by Democrats. With federal government spending authority scheduled to expire on Monday night,…
What’s Next? 5 Questions in Government Shutdown Showdown
The federal government is careening ever closer to the first shutdown in 17 years, with time running short – and the inclination to find compromise almost non-existent. So what’s next? The Senate had no plans of coming into session on Sunday. Sen.…
Planes but no passports: life in US after shutdown
Planes will still fly and land safely in the United States with the aid of federal air traffic controllers even if Congress cannot reach a deal to fund the federal government. FBI agents will investigate crimes, mail will be delivered, Social…
Failing To Raise The Debt Ceiling Doesn’t Reduce Government
Many grassroots conservatives and Republican congressmen are under the misapprehension that raising the debt ceiling increases government spending or failing to raise it decreases spending. Neither is true. No one seems to know what will happen if the debt ceiling…