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March 30, 2011

Social Security COLA Small, Medicare Premiums Expected to RiseSHERMAN, TX--Balancing

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Social Security COLA Small, Medicare Premiums Expected to Rise
SHERMAN, TX--Balancing the checkbook could soon become more stressful for seniors in 2012. The federal government is estimating that there will be a small increase to Social Security benefits, except Medicare

Social Security Benefits to Change Based on Cost of Living Adjustments
Social Security beneficiaries may not be seeing an increase in their paid benefits for a third year in a row. The lack of funding will impact millions of retired and disabled people in the United States.

Social Security Timing Seminar Comes to Kansas City
Seminar Offers Financial Advisors the Training and Tools Necessary to Start Helping Clients Maximize their Social Security Benefits

March 27, 2011

Medicare Rise Could Mean No Social Security COLAMillions of retired

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Medicare Rise Could Mean No Social Security COLA
Millions of retired and disabled people in the United States had better brace for another year with no increase in Social Security payments.

Higher Medicare costs could mean no Social Security COLA
The government is projecting a slight cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits next year, the first increase since 2009. But for most beneficiaries, rising Medicare premiums threaten to wipe out any increase in payments, leaving them without a raise for a third straight year.

March 24, 2011

Seniors assured about Social Security at talkSPRINGFIELD - Seniors were

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Seniors assured about Social Security at talk
SPRINGFIELD - Seniors were told not to worry about Social Security running out anytime soon during a talk given by U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield.

Who will harm Social Security more? Congressional fight intensifies
By Billy House National Journal Away from all the attention on the U.S.-led military mission in Libya, Capitol Hill lawmakers on Tuesday continued their own air war over the future of the federal budget, particularly targeting entitlement reform. The current

Social Security Questions and Answers
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March 21, 2011

Why you should delay collecting Social Security Most people start

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Why you should delay collecting Social Security
Most people start collecting Social Security at age 62. But there are plenty of reasons to wait until full retirement age, if not age 70.

Social Security Benefits for Kids
Weighing the "family max," disclaiming an inheritance, and taxes and remarriage.

March 18, 2011

Milwaukee officer charged in Social Security number fraud case A

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Milwaukee officer charged in Social Security number fraud case
A Milwaukee police officer has been charged with stealing a 7-year-old Racine boy's Social Security number to make purchases including a high-end Mercedes-Benz, according to a criminal complaint.

Sen. Tom Coburn: Social Security has to be on the table
In the short-term, Social Security benefits are secure, as long as China and the rest of the world agrees to loan us enough money to replace the dollars Congress diverted from the Social Security accounts. Sooner or later, though, Washington will have to reform entitlements.

A Winning Plan For Social Security Reform
Personal accounts will give workers a better retirement, and make Social Security solvent.

March 15, 2011

Money Matters Social Security Primer: Is It Doomed Is

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Money Matters Social Security Primer: Is It Doomed
Is Social Security doomed? I don t think so! But it is in trouble.

The great Social Security taboo
There's a long-term problem with the program, and both liberals and conservatives have it wrong

GOP Calls To Overhaul Social Security Grow Louder
The Republican push to shake up the nation's premier retirement program is part of a larger effort to rein in deficit spending. They want Democrats and especially President Obama to join their cause, and share whatever political pain may come with it.

March 12, 2011

How Generation Y Benefits From Social Security Here are the

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How Generation Y Benefits From Social Security
Here are the services young workers are already getting from the Social Security program.

Social Security Confronts IT Obsolescence
The agency's overburdened data center and decades-old software need to be replaced, but a replacement facility won't be ready until 2016.

March 09, 2011

Means testing for social Security In order to make this

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Means testing for social Security
In order to make this timely I am cut and pasting a note from CEPR pointing to the efficacy of cutting spending in the Social Security through means testing.

Conflating Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid
In a recent column on the senior citizen lobby, I noted that Social Security is often middle-class welfare that bleeds the country. This offended many readers. In an e-mail, one snarled: Social Security is not adding one penny to our national debt, you idiot.

March 06, 2011

SOCIAL SECURITY: IRA money won't cut benefits Q: I'm retired

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SOCIAL SECURITY: IRA money won't cut benefits
Q: I'm retired and I get a monthly withdrawal from an IRA. I plan to apply for Social Security benefits. Will the money from my IRA be considered earnings that could reduce my monthly benefits?

Social Security s Final Four
BY CYNTHIA W. EDWARDS SOCIAL SECURITY PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST This time of year basketball fans are gearing up for March Madness a time when the final four teams in the NCAA fight for the title of national champion. read more

Many undocumented workers file U.S. taxes
WEDNESDAY - MARCH 02, 2011 - ST. HELENA, CA - Margarito Rodriguez of Napa waits at St. Helena Family Center to file his taxes. Workers without a social security number often file their taxes, at no charge, at the center.

March 03, 2011

Social Security Scare: Is Govt. Out of $$? Lawmakers on

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Social Security Scare: Is Govt. Out of $$?
Lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle are hesitant to put Social Security on the chopping block, but with the U.S. debt rising at an alarming rate, the time to reform the 76-year-old program is running out, experts say.

A Big Omission at NBC
Whatever happened to Social Security? NBC Nightly News took on retirement income the other day and found most Americans s savings will come up short. The segment drew a bleak picture of the amount of money people have saved for retirement versus the amount they will need in the future.

Social Security workers protest proposed cuts
'Furlough Congress,' employees shout at union rally House-approved budget would trim $61 billion from all agencies

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