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Obamacare confusion providing opening for con artists
Shortly after the Patient Protection and the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or more commonly, “Obamacare”) was signed into law in 2010, scams linked to the programs began to crop up. Obamacare scams come in a variety of forms. Consumers have…
Congress Should Reform Social Security Disability Insurance …
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, ratified 23 years ago this month, is based on what was then a radical idea: that the physical and social environment people with disabilities face is as much responsible for their inability to…
Is it ‘Jaws’ or ‘Sharknado’ for retirees?
Congress and the White House can and have blocked federal pay raises. But since January, adjustments for retirees are linked to inflation — they can’t touch the former feds! Or can they? Short answer: Yep! Of all the legislative threats facing active/retired feds,…
NEWS ANALYSIS: DC budget battle looms once again
An agreement to keep the government operating at current spending levels through October and November would head off a costly disruption of federal services but still leave a clash looming, like the one that roiled the economy two years ago.…
Spilka launches Standing Up for Seniors Tour in Fifth District
Spilka will emphasize on tour: “I believe it is my job as an elected official to help people, not to enact policies that hurt people. Proposals coming out of Washington now would hurt far too many seniors who rely on…
Mike Honda: Social Security payments should rise, not be cut
In the dozen years I’ve been lucky enough to serve my Silicon Valley district, I’ve learned that it’s not enough to have the right ideas. When you care about creating a better future, you must fight for it, such as…
In Idaho, Boehner vows to succeed with entitlement reform this fall
House Speaker John Boehner said Monday that getting the GOP-controlled House to agree to raising the U.S. debt ceiling will only come with a bipartisan deal to make cost-saving changes to Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, farm programs and government pensions. Before…
Saving Social Security
Sooner the better, advises a bipartisan think tank about Social Security – and how to keep it solvent. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget analyzed the effect of waiting to enact reforms before 2033, when the program runs out money, necessitating…
Gov. Perry reverses course on Obamacare
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), one of the boldest critics of the Affordable Care Act, is now requesting $100 million in healthcare funding from the Obama administration. He claims that federal funds are needed to help people in the state…
6 Myths About Retirement
Retirement is big business in America today, and no longer a taboo topic in the media. It’s no wonder. There are currently over 40 million retirees drawing Social Security, and every day an estimated 10,000 more Americans join the ranks.…