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13 Medicare facts you need to know
Medicare is a federal health insurance program for persons 65 or older, persons of any age with permanent kidney failure, and certain disabled persons. Medicare is administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), a federal agency in the Department…
Ways and Means Committee seeks public input regarding Social …
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R., Mich) recently announced that the Committee is accepting public comments on bipartisan proposals to reform Medicare and Social Security. The announcement follows several hearings held by the Ways and Means Subcommittees on…
The Advocator Group, LLC Appoints Philip Racicot as Chief …
The Advocator Group, LLC, a nationwide advocacy organization for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), has appointed Phil Racicot as Chief Resolution Specialist. In this role, Racicot will draw on over 35 years of Social Security disability experience to drive optimal…
Child Identity Theft: What Every Parent Needs to Know
Do not put your child’s social security number (SSN) on school, medical,… Tell your children not to place their birthdate or address on social networking sites. Teach your children well! Educate your children on risks of giving personal information to anyone. Do Not…
Tireless voice for pension security
Labor economist and pension reform advocate Teresa Ghilarducci got into pension issues by default. As a 19-year-old graduate student in economics, Ms. Ghilarducci started working at the University of California’s Labor Research Center in Berkeley, where in the late 1970s pension…
Bamboozled: Medicare mix-up, red tape and a healthy dose of bureaucracy
Jump with us into a maze of government regulations. Non-citizens can receive Social Security and Medicare if they meet certain qualifications. They must have status as “Lawfully Admitted for Permanent Residence,” have sufficient work credits and must have lived in the United…
Budget Fight Devolves to a Game of Chicken
Democrats and Republicans, bracing for a game of chicken over a possible government shutdown and a debt-ceiling default, should rewatch the 1955 movie “Rebel Without a Cause,” starring the American icon James Dean. A thug challenges Dean’s character to race their…
Ryan: Shutdown not best way to repeal Obamacare
The chairman of the House Budget Committee says there’s a better way of repealing President Barack Obama’s health care law than shutting down the government this fall — a path some Republican conservatives are backing. “We, all Republicans, want to repeal…
Detroit May Be Bankrupt, but as an American, You’re Not
Earlier on this page, our regular Social Security columnist Larry Kotlikoff argued in favor of “generational accounting” and the recently introduced Intergenerational Financial Obligations Reform Act (INFORM Act), which he helped draft and which has garnered the support of 11 Nobel laureates…
Detroit Today, Washington Tomorrow
Paul Solman: Larry Kotlikoff is a dear friend of both mine and the Making Sen$e Business Desk, appearing weekly on PBS NewsHour online to answer your questions about Social Security as “Ask Larry” and showing up at the local tennis court…