Category Archives: SSI

Social Security is safe in a federal shutdown

By doris | Published: February 24, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — What happens to Social Security if the government shuts down? “People don’t get their Social Security checks.” That was President Obama at a press conference last week. And this is Harry Reid, the top Democrat in the Senate, in a statement on Tuesday: “A shutdown could … [...]

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House GOP debates Medicare privatization plan

By doris | Published: January 28, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Months after they hammered Democrats for cutting Medicare, House Republicans are debating whether to relaunch their quest to privatize the health program for seniors. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is testing support for his idea to replace Medicare with a fixed payment to buy a private medical [...]

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CNN Poll: Economy still top priority

By doris | Published: January 25, 2011

Full Story at PoliticalTicker.blogs.cnn.com Washington (CNN) – What do Americans want President Obama and Congress to concentrate on in the coming year? According to a new national poll, a majority of Americans rate four issues – the economy, unemployment, health care, and the budget deficit – as “extremely important,” with the economy topping the list [...]

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Deficit panel leaders plan curbs to Social Security

By doris | Published: November 11, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com Why our they picking on SS retirement.  They are the ones that put them with no money to do anything SS. Pay the money back that they took out and this fund would and they would not have to worry about it.  This was for people to live there lives on [...]

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Paul: Social Security age may need to be raised

By doris | Published: October 4, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com The age doesn’t need to be raised they need to put all the money the took out of SS back they used it for other places in the government. The older people need that money. We put our money into it and it was to stay there for us. The government [...]

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Obama: GOP trying to destroy Social Security

By doris | Published: August 15, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.comAll the money they have taken out of SSI because there was a surplus. They need that money now and no one will say that this is the reason SSI is running out of money. The goverment did this why don’t they straighten it out? Because the spent the money they should [...]

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Social Security needs Uncle Sam’s IOUs — now

By doris | Published: March 15, 2010

The goverment has always borrowed from S.S. and not paid it back. They should not have touched that money. We put that money in to help us when we get old. That is why there is no money in S.S. now. They don’t want to take care of the older americans.  They seem to want [...]

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House and Senate look to final health care talks

By doris | Published: December 29, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – How many Americans will get subsidized medical coverage — plus who will pay for it — will be front-burner issues when Congress returns next month to complete President Barack Obama’s health care remake. Pocketbook concerns join abortion and whether Uncle Sam should peddle insurance as the top bones of [...]

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Will the Senate health bill tame costs?

By doris | Published: December 26, 2009

Full Story atmoney.cnn.com That growth rate is what drives federal spending on Medicare and other federal health programs. And it’s what budget experts say will pummel the federal budget in future years if nothing is done to change it. So how would the Senate bill fare in bending the cost curve from the perspective of [...]

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Millions spent to sway health care opinions

By doris | Published: October 16, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com “It is sort of a Super Bowl of lobbying for health care reform. The lobbyists are winning so far. But the game’s not over yet,” said Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tennessee. As lawmakers work to come up with a plan that can make it to President Obama’s desk, industries and interests close [...]

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Millions face shrinking Social Security checks

By doris | Published: August 24, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Millions of older people face shrinking Social Security checks next year, the first time in a generation that payments would not rise. The trustees who oversee Social Security are projecting there won’t be a cost of living adjustment (COLA) for the next two years. That hasn’t happened since automatic [...]

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Social Security, SSI recipients to receive $250 check in May

By doris | Published: March 27, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com Biden also announced the distribution of $3.2 billion in new funding for state and local energy efficiency programs from the Department of Energy. The $250 checks “will make a big difference in the lives of older Americans and people with disabilities — many of whom have been hit especially hard by [...]

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