Social Security

...these same arguments we hear today against health reform were used even earlier, to attack President Franklin Roosevelt's call for Social Security. It was denounced as a socialist program that would compete with private insurers and add to...

In this article: Medicare, New York, Business groups, Socialism, Tax, Delusion, and American Medical Association

TOMS RIVER - An Ocean County grand jury has indicted a Toms River woman on a charge that she stole money that her mother received from Social Security and a pension plan. Laura Lembo, 46, was charged with third-degree theft by unlawful...

In this article: Medicaid, Ocean County, and Power of attorney

...Security Income, at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/11000.html. This column was prepared by the Social Security Administration. For fast answers to specific Social Security questions, contact Social Security toll-free at 800-772-1213. Comments

In this article: Social Security Administration and E mail

Folks have been warned about not giving out personal information, but they may have never thought an old library book could hold their social security number. It's happening at the University of Toledo campus and likely all over the country...

In this article: E mail, University of Toledo, and Utah

...Taren Reed Created: 11/17/2009 6:11:52 PM Updated: 11/17/2009 7:03:47 PM JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Dollie Gladden has been receiving a Social Security check for decades, and she said this is the first time a government program has left her...

In this article: All rights reserved, Medicare, First Coast, Jacksonville, and Florida

...in debt. Among its chief responsibilities would be closing the gap between tax revenue coming in and the larger cost of paying for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits. The Government Accountability Office recently reported the...

In this article: Medicare, Kent Conrad, Suicide, Senate Budget Committee, Tax, IPod, and Government Accountability Office

...issue in order to strengthen whatever initial legislation passes. A quick read of the history of Social Security is instructive here. The very first Social Security law was passed in 1935, fully two-and-a-half years after Franklin Delano...

In this article: Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, F.D.R., Tax, Medicare and Medicaid, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Progressives

...soon have our mortgage paid off. Our home is valued at $120,000. Unfortunately, we owe about $50,000 in credit card debt. I took early Social Security and work part time. My husband will take full Social Security next March and continue to...

In this article: North Carolina, Florida, Tax, and Chicago Tribune

COUNCIL BLUFFS -- In a few days, the public will have a new place to go to for Social Security-related issues. The Social Security Administrative office in Council Bluffs will have an open house at its new location on Tuesday, Nov. 17.

In this article: Beneficiary, All rights reserved, and Medicare

...to support those receiving benefits. We will need to fix the system soon, or in 30 years Social Security will no longer be solvent. When Social Security was first implemented, the average life expectancy was 68 years. Because the...

In this article: Rate of return, Compound interest, and U.S.