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April 29, 2011

Social Security and You: Applying for benefitsshare: digg facebook twitter

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Social Security and You: Applying for benefits
share: digg facebook twitter Do I have to go to a Social Security office to apply for benefits? If you want to get Social Security retirement benefits before you reach full retirement age, the amount of your benefit is reduced. The amount of the reduction depends on when you will reach full retirement age. [...] if you file at age 62, and your full retirement age is 66, you can get 35 percent of ...

Life Inc.: Goodbye to Social Security checks
Life Inc.: Beginning Sunday, anyone who signs up for Social Security benefits will have to choose an option for receiving their payments electronically .

April 26, 2011

Paper Social Security checks being replacedBeginning May 1, anyone applying for

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Paper Social Security checks being replaced
Beginning May 1, anyone applying for Social Security, Veterans Affairs or other federal benefits will get an electronic payment, not a paper check.

Social Security, VA Transitioning To Direct Deposit
The U.S. Department of Treasury is transitioning to direct deposit when issuing federal benefits.

U.S. Treasury to retire paper check for new recipients of Social Security and other federal benefits
WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Department of the Treasury is retiring the paper Social Security check for millions of baby boomers and others applying for federal benefits, a move that will save taxpayers $1 billion over the next 10 years. Beginning May 1, 2011, anyone newly applying for Social Security, Veterans Affairs or other federal benefits will need to choose an electronic payment method ...

April 23, 2011

Social Security and You: Applying for Medicareshare: digg facebook twitter

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Social Security and You: Applying for Medicare
share: digg facebook twitter Question: I have decided to wait until I reach age 66 to apply for retirement benefits because I am still working. Even if you decide to wait until after you are age 65 to apply for retirement benefits, most people should apply for Medicare coverage at age 65. There is a fast, convenient and simple way to apply online for Medicare in as little as 10 minutes even if ...

Social Security options discussed
Social Security concerns range from elderly people now dependent on those monthly checks to aging baby boomers increasingly fearful it won't be there when they need it.

April 20, 2011

Social security number safety a concernThe Federal Trade Commission wants

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Social security number safety a concern
The Federal Trade Commission wants Congress to do something to make social security numbers harder for identity thieves to obtain.

Biggert: Medicare, Social Security safe for today's seniors
In response to questions from local residents, U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert meets with senior citizens in Oak Brook Wednesday to discuss the 2012 budget blueprint passed by the House last week and its impact on seniors, as well as proposed reforms to Medicare and Social Security.

Income at Risk: Unemployment Slows For Some, But Not People with Disabilities, Allsup Finds
Rising Social Security disability applications begin to stabilize; financial strains continue for many people with disabilities and their families

April 17, 2011

SOCIAL SECURITY: Get help with drug costsQ: How do I

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SOCIAL SECURITY: Get help with drug costs
Q: How do I apply for extra help with Medicare prescription drug plan costs?

Deming woman guilty of social security fraud
LAS CRUCES - Barbara Ann Apodaca, 61, pled guilty to a two-count indictment charging her with Social Security fraud and with making false statements to the Social Security Administration in federal

Social Security stopping mailed earning statements
Those yearly statements that Social Security mails out - here's what you'd get if you retired at 62, at 66, at 70 - will soon stop arriving in workers' mailboxes. It's an effort to save money and steer more...

April 14, 2011

Social Security reps no longer will come to BABy Kate

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Social Security reps no longer will come to BA
By Kate HesslingTribune Staff Writer By Kate Hessling Tribune Staff Writer Updated 10:38 a.m. Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Social Security and You: Pension's effect on benefits
share: digg facebook twitter If your pension is from work where you paid Social Security taxes, it will not affect the amount of your Social Security benefit. Pensions based on work that is not covered by Social Security (for example, the federal civil service and some state or local government agencies) probably will cause the amount of your Social Security benefit to be reduced. If you will ...

April 11, 2011

Obama, GOP look to rein in benefitsPresident Obama will call

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Obama, GOP look to rein in benefits
President Obama will call this week for new curbs on Medicare and Medicaid spending, an aide said yesterday, while a top House Republican predicted that a bipartisan deal on reducing Social Security costs is possible this summer.

Bronx Preparer Used Children's SSNs to File False Tax Returns
A Bronx tax preparer has been convicted of using the Social Security numbers of children to file false tax returns.

Beware: Social Security numbers available online via indexed tax documents
Nearing the end of tax season, it's good time to ask yourself if your personal information safe. Before you say "yes," read this article.

April 08, 2011

Social Security cuts mailing earnings statementsGovernment shutting down $70M delivery

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Social Security cuts mailing earnings statements
Government shutting down $70M delivery of workers' annual statements, plans to provide them online in effort to save money, boost website

Social Security Revamping Earning Statements
Those yearly statements that Social Security mails out - here's what you'd get if you retired at 62, at 66, at 70 - will soon stop arriving in workers' mailboxes. It's an effort to save money and steer more people to the agency's website.

Social Security will stop mailing annual earning statements
The government is working to provide the statements online by the end of the year,

April 05, 2011

Social Security no longer mailing it inLife Inc.: The annual

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Social Security no longer mailing it in
Life Inc.: The annual statements outlining your projected Social Security earnings may be a thing of the past. Citing budget restraints, the administration stopped mailing the statements this month.

Social Security Suspends Annual Statements
The Social Security Administration will stop mailing benefit statements to save money.

Medicare costs likely to erase Social Security increase
Millions of retired and disabled people had better brace for another year with no increase in Social Security payments.

April 02, 2011

Sen. Marco Rubio demands an overhaul of Social Security and

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Sen. Marco Rubio demands an overhaul of Social Security and Medicare
WASHINGTON Florida Sen. Marco Rubio launched a national publicity campaign Wednesday to demand an overhaul of Social Security and Medicare to keep the programs solvent and ease the national debt.

Pension scheme to benefit plantation workers too
Sri Lanka Social Security Board has taken moves to absorb nearly 500,000 plantation sector employees to pension scheme which is to be implemented under the social security plan, Chairman Nimal Amarasingha said.

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