My ex-wife will be entitled to a piece of my Social Security retirement benefits. Does her entitlement to my benefits reduce my benefits? If your comments about a divorced person over age 60 needing to be unmarried to receive the ex-spouse’s benefit …
Read Original Story: How Divorce Affects Your Social Security (Or Not) – Wall Street Journal
We have heard all the arguments against health care reform before. They were used against Medicare, Social Security and even the FDIC. Medicare was the most recent to be enacted and yes, it does cost money. Large sums of money, but how many senior …
Read Original Story: Other 'socialist' ideas worked out just fine – Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Question: I have several Social Security related questions, but I cannot call or visit SSA during their normal hours because I work long shifts. Is there another way to get the answers I need? Answer: If you have a question, we invite you to visit our …
Read Original Story: Oscar Garcia: Getting answers – San Antonio Express
Today, I am 77 years old. When I was 16, I started working for the railroad in Cincinnati, Ohio. From that time on, every paycheck I ever got had money taken out of it for Social Security, an "old age benefit plan" …
Read Original Story: No Investment? No Return – Philadelphia Bulletin
By Ann mcfeatters In many families there is a point, often during the holidays, when an adult awakens in panic in the dark of night and realizes the family is or soon will be in financial jeopardy. Just as tasty, cheap and abundant food has made …
Read Original Story: Getting Real – kypost.com
It’s interesting that our political leaders can estimate that providing health insurance to approximately 30 million currently uninsured people will reduce the federal deficit by $127 billion over the next 10 years. Doesn’t sound right, does it? …
Read Original Story: Health care bill's dirty little secret – The Daily Advance
I really am sick and tired of people calling in about Medicare being free government health care. It is no more free than automobile insurance. It is paid for by a Medicare tax that is taken out of the paychecks of working people, with employers paying …
Read Original Story: Your letters, Nov. 29, 2009 – St. Joseph News-Press
Hunting season is upon us; time to set your target for the Medicare prescription drug plan that’s best for you. Newly eligible Me-dicare beneficiaries and current beneficiaries who are considering changes to their Medicare Part D plan…
Read Original Story: Social Security column: Time to find your drug plan – Plainview Daily Herald
A minimum of $100 is taken out of each Social Security check of a Senior who is 65 or older for Medicare. That is approximately 65 percent of the 45 million receiving benefits that pay this each month. Medicare is not free as the government is trying …
Read Original Story: Letter: Social Security and Medicare are vulnerable – Camp Verde Bugle
