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Q: How much money does the federal government owe the Social Security trust funds? And how much interest does the federal government pay on the money it has borrowed every year?
People too disabled to work are often improperly denied benefits because of a system that allows arbitrary rulings and sometimes ignores medical evidence, an analysis of Social Security records shows.
The California Senior Legislature convened its 29th annual Legislative Session Oct. 26-29 in Sacramento.
Single people get left out of the picture a lot when it comes to retirement. Typically it's smiling couples who are shown contemplating their sunset years in ads, brochures and magazines.
Q: I got a letter that said my Social Security disability case has to be reviewed. Am I going to stop getting benefits until retirement?
Hold on to your hats, seniors, because that is all you will have left after the government gets through with us on the Social Security and Medicare cuts.
Federal officials say more and more businesses are signing up for E-Verify, a free online program that lets employers check if the people they hire are eligible to work in the U.S., but very few employers in San Bernardino County have signed up and some that have don't use the program.
Thanksgiving is almost here. Families across the nation will come together to share more than a meal — to share warm memories, and to make them. You may plan to watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade, toss a football on the leaf-covered yard, or simply sit together over coffee or wine to talk.
Caprock Community Action Association, Inc. has received additional funding from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to operate the Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program.
Our government has no business regulating health care. In fact, our government has grown entirely too large and is unchecked in its spending and regulating. I am aware of very few government run programs that have been truly successful.
The idea of public employees paying nothing toward retirements that are far more generous than most in the private sector has become politically explosive at a time when shrinking revenues are forcing agencies to cut services.The Redding City Council has tentatively proposed a ballot measure aimed at eliminating the practice.The city currently covers the contributions employees are supposed to ...
Redding is not the only California city asking voters to weigh in on retirement benefits.Voters in Pacific Grove last November took an even more radical step, approving a City Council proposal to pull out of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) in favor of a seemingly less expensive defined contribution plan resembling a 401(k).But officials in the Monterey Peninsula city ...
The Ohio Senate has approved a resolution to create a task force to study alternatives, including marketplace competition, with respect to the Ohio's workers' compensation program.
With jobs continuing to vanish and surviving employees nervous about their own future, workplace stress is on the rise.
The U.S. Social Security Administration yesterday asked an internal watchdog to investigate whether furloughs of state workers in California and Hawai'i have disrupted the processing of disability claims.
The FBI said it may investigate a breach of patient privacy laws at University Medical Center, where hospital officials are reeling with the realization that at least one of their employees has leaked confidential names, birth dates and Social Security numbers.