Is it time to raise the Social Security retirement age? The idea crops up often as a partial fix for the long-term financial challenges facing the program.
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Would A Higher Social Security Retirement Age Hurt Retirees?
Posted on 30 December 2018.
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Fixing Social Security Starts With Us Voters
Posted on 03 July 2018.
Every year the people who depend upon Social Security can count on two things: the program’s trustees will release a report showing a continued deterioration in its finances, and the pundits will castigate politicians for not doing anything about it.
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Buried In The Budget Bill Are Belated Gifts For Some Health Care Providers
Posted on 05 March 2018.
Buried deep in the 652-page legislation was a repeal of a limit on Medicare coverage of physical and occupational therapy.
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Social Security Inaction To Result In 23 Percent Benefit Cut By 2034
Posted on 22 January 2018.
If Social Security can follow the status quo over the path of the trustees’ forecast for the program, it is a pretty mild outcome.
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Tax Bill Impacts on Health Law Coverage And Medicare
Posted on 06 December 2017.
The tax overhaul Republicans are pushing toward final votes in Congress could undermine the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance markets and add to the financial squeeze on Medicare over time.
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What to Know About 401(K) Plans Amid Talk of Tax Change
Posted on 25 October 2017.
Congress is looking for ways to raise revenue as part of a tax overhaul plan, and one of the methods reportedly under consideration is to curtail how much pretax money workers can contribute to their 401(k) and similar accounts.
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