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Employers May Cut Health Benefits When Retirees Reach 65
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has voted ...
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When Should You Take Your Social Security Retirement Benefits?
As you approach retirement, you must decide when to begin taking your Social Security benefits. You have three options: You may begin taking benefits between age 62 and your full retirement age, you can wait until your full retirement age,...
Read moreLaw Article Supports Use of 'Granny Cams' in Nursing Homes
The benefits of Web cam surveillance in nursing homes far outweigh privacy concerns, according to a recent article ...
Read moreCourt Rules on Whether IRAs May Be Counted by Medicaid
A federal appeals court has ruled that while states may consider retirement accounts held by the spouses of nursing ...
Read moreNew York Times Denounces Bush's Social Security Scheme
In a major editorial, The New York Times roundly condemns President Bush's scheme for changing the Social ...
Read moreHalf of Seniors Risk Less Coverage As Result of Medicare Law
Half of America's seniors and people with disabilities are at risk of losing some health benefits as a result of the...
Read moreMedicare Adds New Preventive Care Benefits in 2005
Starting January 1, 2005, Medicare will provide coverage for three new preventive benefits under Part B. The new be...
Read moreTake Our Quick Survey on Social Security Privatization
The Bush administration wants to partially privatize Social Security by allowing workers to invest part of their pay...
Read moreSurvey Shows Strong Disapproval of Social Security Privatization
There is much opposition to the Bush administration's proposal to partially privatize Social Security, according ...
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