Franken in Rochester: Privatizing Social Security would have been disaster (Post-Bulletin)
DFL senatorial candidate Al Franken on Monday pledged to a group of senior citizens in Rochester to keep Social Security financially secure.SourceRead More... | Comments
Life, death and social security benefits (Austin American-Statesman)
Q: I am 69 years old. I have been receiving Social Security benefits for the past four years. My monthly payment is $1,888 per month. If I give back my total benefits of $84,960, Social Security will increase my monthly payment to $2,414.80 (a gain of $526.80). What is the actual percentage gain? Is there any investment product that will give me the same or better rate of return? Social Security ...SourceRead More... | Comments
Social Security COLA for 2009 Still Heading Toward Six Percent Increase with New Data (Senior Journal)
Sept. 16, 2008 – The consumer price index that is used to determine the cost-of-living adjustment senior citizens will receive from Social Security in 2009 was released today and the change for August 2008 over August 2009 is still looking like the COLA will be an increase in the range of 6 percent, the largest since 1982. The change for August is 5.9 percent.SourceRead More... | Comments
Medicare rules help make Social Security number less secure (Republican-American)
A number (so to speak) of you responded to last week's column about asking medical offices to use something other than your Social Security number for record-keeping.SourceRead More... | Comments
Uganda: National Social Security Saga Cannot Crack NRM (AllAfrica.com)
Some people have made a meal out of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) saga, saying that since the biggest name mentioned is no less than the Secretary General of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), Amama Mbabazi, the party is headed for a Titanic-style sinking.SourceRead More... | Comments
Largest Social Security COLA Increase in Over 25 Years May Greet Senior Citizens in 2009 (Senior Journal)
Sept. 15, 2008 – Senior citizens may be headed for their largest pay increase – or cost of living adjustment – in more than 25 years, following this year’s Social Security COLA of only 2.3 percent. Projections are now being made that the increase for 2009 will almost certainly exceed six percent.SourceRead More... | Comments
765,000 Americans Wait For Social Security Benefits (KETV 7 Omaha)
The bureaucratic red tape bogging down the Social security System results at times in beneficiaries dying before they get their benefits, said an Omaha attorney.SourceRead More... | Comments
AG wants Social Security numbers offline (Montrose Daily Press)
DENVER — It's not just privacy advocates who want sensitive information pulled from county clerks' Web sites. Monday, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers stepped in to also urge the removal of documents containing Social Security numbers of state residents.SourceRead More... | Comments
Dean Baker: McCain wants to cut social security and healthcare benefits (Guardian Unlimited)
Dean Baker: John McCain's attacks on Barack Obama are designed to distract from his plans to cut social security and healthcare benefitsSourceRead More... | Comments
AG: Social Security Numbers On Public Web Sites (KMGH 7 Denver)
Colorado's attorney general said Monday that several counties are potentially opening citizens up to identity theft by hosting documents with Social Security numbers on public Web sites.SourceRead More... | Comments
