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Do you qualify for Medicare Extra Help?
Q What is Medicare “Extra Help”? A Part of the Medicare prescription drug (Part D) program, the Extra Help low income subsidy can help pay for parts of Part D monthly premiums, annual deductibles and co-payments. If on Medicare, people receiving...Tags: Apple iPhone, Government Health Care, Interior Policy, Politics, Medicare
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Immigrants help Medicare stay solvent
WASHINGTON — Immigrants in the United States both legally and illegally are helping sustain Medicare, contributing about $14 billion more a year to the federal health program for the elderly than they use in medical services, a new study indicates....
Tags: Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, Politics, Internists, Immigration
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How 10 major tax breaks benefit the rich -- and the poor
A new Congressional Budget Office report on the cost and beneficiaries of 10 of the largest federal tax breaks includes one surprising factoid that could make it harder for lawmakers to simplify the tax code by winnowing the thicket of credits, deductions...Tags: Politics, Justice System, Internal Revenue Service, Credit and Debt, Health and Safety at Work
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Howard County forum educates on dangers of identity theft
You make concerted efforts to safeguard information from identity thieves — keeping bank card passwords concealed, buying online goods solely from secure websites and refusing to furnish personal information to anyone you don't know. Adults and...Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Ken Ulman, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice
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Bracy: Highway Safety's "Dreamer" policy inadequate
Central Florida Political Pulse"Dreamers" -- the children of immigrants who grew up in the United States without legal status but now can get federal deferments so they can work -- still face roadblocks in getting Florida driver licenses since Florida Gov. Rick Scott vetoed a bill this...Tags: Politics, Immigration, Barack Obama, Florida Legislature, Rick Scott
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How much personal info does Social Security retain?
Q The security questions asked when I created a my Social Security account involved more details about me than I thought Social Security would know. Where do the questions come from? A Creating a personal my Social Security account is the way to view...Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Personal Data Collection, Financial Planning, Banking
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Majority of women, blacks and Latino seniors on cusp of poverty
A new report on the senior population found a majority of elderly women, blacks and Latinos are precariously close to poverty, according to the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute report released Thursday. The report comes as lawmakers are considering...Tags: Paul Ryan, Government Health Care, United States Census Bureau, Medicare, U.S. House Committee on the Budget
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Roof 'repair' too high
We have some bad people currently working in our area who are out to steal from the innocent. The following is what happened to an elderly lady in Elkhart County: Two men came to her home and told her they were in the neighborhood and noticed her roof...
Tags: Theft
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Today's Buzz: Back off on entitlement reform?
Orlando Sentinel Editorial BoardThe latest report from the trustees for Medicare and Social Security, released last week, had better news than expected. It predicted that Medicare’s trust fund would last another two years, until 2026, than trustee forecast last year. It...Tags: Government Health Care, Medicare
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Five ways to think about the new Social Security report
The release of the annual trustees reports for Social Security and Medicare has generated some of the most overheated hand-wringing about the health of these two crucial programs in recent years, largely because the economic slump has made them look...
Tags: Retirement, Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Politics
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Medicare financial outlook improves, but problems still loom
WASHINGTON — The federal government projected Friday that Medicare's main trust fund would not run in the red until 2026, two years later than projected last year, in part because of slower growth in healthcare costs. Prospects for the Social...Tags: Career and Workplace, Paul Ryan, Retirement, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Baltimore police officer charged in drug corruption case
A Baltimore police officer accepted cash payments and provided protection for a man she believed to be a drug dealer — a man who was actually working with department investigators and FBI agents to build a criminal case against her, authorities...
Tags: Rod J. Rosenstein, Phylicia Barnes, Anthony W. Batts, Judges, Laws
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