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Q. Will Medicare Part B premiums increase next year? -- Sid A. Medicare Part B premiums will continue to be $96.40 per month for most people in 2010, even though health-care costs are rising. That’s because most Medicare beneficiaries are...
Q: I listen to the police scanner almost daily, mostly out ofDavenport Police Department, and several times now I have heardthem broadcast people’s Social Security numbers over the air,obviously to verify an identity. I thought your Social Securitynumber was only for use by the Internal Revenue Service and not tobe used for identification purposes. This is being broadcast overthe air for anybody ...
Alicia and Nick, both in their early 50s, are looking to retirement, but not exactly as planned. After being unemployed for more than a year, Nick decided to stop the job search and officially retire early. Alicia plans to continue...
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.
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.
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.
(ARA) - As cold weather sets in, thousands of retirees are making plans for a winter getaway. If you're one of them, switch to direct deposit for your Social Security payments before you leave - it's the safest, easiest way to receive your money.
A Republican state senator in Ohio wants to prohibit the nation's largest state-run injured worker insurance program from providing benefits to illegal immigrants, a change he said should lower business premiums.
REDWOOD CITY — The San Mateo County District Attorney's Office has filed 12 counts of felony insurance and workers' compensation fraud against Daly City Councilwoman Maggie Gomez, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
The Republican leader in the state House of Representatives has told lawmakers that they may be asked to come back to Nashville next month to delay implementation of a workers' compensation law that he sponsored.
A San Bernardino bus driver has been convicted of fraud for filing a workers' compensation claim due to headaches and stress she blamed on by an irate passenger, prosecutors said today.
A Republican state senator in Ohio wants to prohibit the nation's largest state-run injured worker insurance program from providing benefits to illegal immigrants, a change he said should lower business premiums.