The Senate confirmed Representative Tom Price to be the secretary of Health and Human Services early Friday morning by a vote of 52 to 47. Price is an orthopedic surgeon from Georgia who was first elected to the U.S. House in 2004. As President Donald Trump’s HHS secretary, he’d be charged with coordinating Republican efforts […]
Leave Social Security Alone – Will Trump Keep His Promise?
During President Donald Trump’s campaign, he made many promises, including to make America great again, bring manufacturing jobs back to our country, and to “leave Social Security as is”. When most Republicans were either ignoring Social Security and Medicare or planning to cut benefits, Trump promised to leave the retirement age and Social Security benefits […]
Republicans to Repeal Obamacare? Senate Approves Resolution to Eliminate ACA
Update: On Friday 1/13, the House also voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act. From here, Congress must work together to come up with a replacement for Obamacare. House Speaker Paul Ryan says Congress will work on a replacement plan in the next 100 days. More details to come later. The Republicans have […]
Budget Cuts Force SSA to Stop Mailing Paper Social Security Estimated Benefit Statements
The Social Security Administration (SSA) stated in a recent blog post that they will no longer be able to mail out paper Social Security estimated benefit statements. Recent budget cuts have forced the SSA to make some changes, including a hiring freeze that began in 2016, and more recently, the decision to send out fewer […]
Should Seniors Get a One-Time Payment to Make Up for the Small Social Security 2017 COLA?
Update: Unfortunately, as of March 2017, there has been no word of the proposed one-time payment to make up for the small 2017 COLA. This is the second year in a row that seniors have received no increase or a very small increase in Social Security benefits. Twice, members of Congress proposed a one-time payment […]
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