This Trio of Solutions Could Fix Social Security
Social Security is arguably the most important social program for seniors. Without the monthly income that the program provides, many retirees could struggle to make ends meet.
Category Archives: Social Security
Diaper-changing stations coming to more men’s restrooms
This month, President Barack Obama signed the Bathrooms Accessible in Every Situation Act, or the BABIES Act, which requires diaper-changing facilities in male and female restrooms in public federal buildings, such as Social Security offices, courthouses and post offices. If these restrooms do not have changing tables, hallway signs must direct parents to the nearest facilities, the act states.
Reality Check: Trump on Clinton, Social Security
At a rally this week in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump pulled what he said was this nugget from hacked excerpts of a speech that Hillary Clinton had given to Wall Street bankers. "The speeches also show that Crooked Hillary supports cutting Medicare and Social Security benefits, one more example of how Hillary Clinton's public position is a lie," Trump said of the remarks that were revealed in hacked emails of Clinton campaign officials that were published by WikiLeaks.
A Personal-Finance Guide to Sunday’s Debate
The presidential race has been dominated by debate over job creation, retirement, and other tenets of economic security, along with looming questions over race in America and threats from abroad. The future of Social Security makes up two of the top 10 crowdsourced and crowd-voted questions the public would like moderators of Sunday's town-hall-style debate to ask the presidential candidates.
U.S. Labor Department: States Are Failing Injured Workers
A U.S. Department of Labor report released today details the bleak fate facing the nation's injured workers, noting that those hurt on the job are at "great risk of falling into poverty" because state workers' compensation systems are failing to provide them with adequate benefits. The report lays the groundwork for renewed federal oversight of state workers' comp programs, providing a detailed history of the government's past efforts to step in when states fell short.
Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton on Social Security
Social Security is a major issue in the presidential election. First of all, the vast majority of Americans either collect Social Security benefits or plan to do so in the future.
Did Wells Fargo target seniors with its bogus-account scheme?
Wells Fargo may have gone out if its way to take senior citizens to the cleaners when the bank's workers fraudulently opened as many as 2 million accounts without customers' permission. That's the suspicion of Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the top members of the Senate Special Committee on Aging.
Senator: Education Dept. mishandling Corinthian student debt
The Education Department is pursuing debt collection - rather than debt relief - for nearly 80,000 former students of Corinthian Colleges, despite federal and state findings that the now-defunct for-profit chain defrauded students, Sen. Elizabeth Warren said in a blistering critique of the administration's actions. The Massachusetts Democrat reported the findings of a staff investigation in a letter Thursday to Education Secretary John B. King Jr. "It is unconscionable that instead of helping these borrowers, vast numbers of Corinthian victims are currently being hounded by the department's debt collectors," she said.
Kelly Ayotte swings too far right for NH
There is a reason why Kelly Ayotte keeps hitting the softball to right field on every pitch in her TV commercial, and that's because she votes right wing every chance she gets in Washington. She voted against background checks for military-style assault rifles, leaving the public vulnerable, as terrorists on the no-fly list can't get on an airplane but have no problem buying an AR-15.
Voting for growth
Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve have pronounced 2 percent annual economic growth - perhaps a bit less - the new normal. Factoring in labor force growth that implies 1 percent growth for productivity and pre-tax wages, hardly anyone is average these days.
How to Make the Most of Medicare
Unraveling the ins and outs of Medicare, including what it covers, what it costs, and what stocks move higher or lower because of it. Medicare provides an important safety net in your retirement, but if you don't understand the ins and outs of this critical program, you might not get the most out of it.
Ayotte, Hassan Say Bipartisanship Key to Fixing Social Security, Medicare
Gov. Maggie Hassan and Sen. Kelly Ayotte had their first candidate forum of the general election Monday morning in Manchester. At the AARP-sponsored event, the U.S. Senate candidates focused on Social Security and Medicare.
Scholar: Medicare growth is not the real problem
A prominent scholar says that Medicare will not be saved either by vouchers backed by Republican congressional majorities or the national health-care overhaul achieved under Democratic President Barack Obama. Theodore Marmor, who is making several stops in Oregon, says the ideal of Medicare for all - universal coverage based on the 50-year-old federal program of health insurance for people 65 and older - rests on stemming medical cost increases and setting limits for medical care.
AFTs Weingarten on Census Bureau Report
In response to the U.S. Census Bureau's report " Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2015 ," AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement: "Today's report from the Census Bureau is really good news. President Obama's policies are working, and he deserves credit.
The Hole in Trump’s Wall
My research on employment practices in farmwork suggests that E-Verify is unlikely to prevent the hire of undocumented workers. Simply put, Trump's plan does not address the role of employers in getting around immigration laws and providing workers with the documents they need .
NC Gop senator says hea s dropping Medicare plan attacked by opponent
As Deborah Ross sharpens her criticisms this week of U.S. Sen. Richard Burr's plan for Medicare, the North Carolina Republican incumbent's office says he's no longer looking for a vote in Congress on the plan he helped draft four years ago. Ross has spent much of her time on the campaign trail recently talking about Social Security and Medicare and attacking the plan Burr promoted in 2012 with former Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.
Does the Democratic Party Have a Progressive Platform-and Does It Matter?
Former Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., waves to supporters during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016. Shortly after the Democratic Party's platform committee concluded its deliberations this July, Bernie Sanders announced: "Thanks to the millions of people across the country who got involved in the political process a we now have the most progressive platform in the history of the Democratic Party."
Roy woman wrongfully declared dead by federal government struggling to prove she’s alive
She cracks similar jokes as she welcomes visitors into "the house of the living dead" or comments on how good she feels, considering her "condition." Murphy says she has tried to see the humor in the situation that began two weeks ago.
Mac on… the legacy of the Olympics
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How racism has shaped welfare policy in America since 1935
A recent UNICEF report found that the U.S. ranked 34th on the list of 35 developed countries surveyed on the well-being of children. According to the Pew Institute , children under the age of 18 are the most impoverished age population of Americans, and African-American children are almost four times as likely as white children to be in poverty.