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Casey pushes Social Security reforms to prevent another Tacony dungeon case

Philadelphia Inquirer -
By Jennifer Lin To avoid another tragedy like last fall's Tacony dungeon case, in which four mentally disabled people were discovered locked in a basement, the Social Security Administration is changing how it selects and monitors people who receive ...

Alan Simpson shows his cards to The Times

Los Angeles Times -
By Michael Hiltzik Former US Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyoming), perhaps our leading avatar of misinformation about Social Security, sent us a lengthy email on Friday responding to our series of posts criticizing his error-rich take on the nation's ...

Suspect in Social Security bomb threat arrested

Murfreesboro Post -
Law enforcement officials have confirmed a 49-year-old man wanted out of Dickson County was taken into custody Monday morning after he allegedly threatened to blow up the US Social Security Administration building in Murfreesboro.

How to Get Quick Approval for Certain Disability Claims

DigitalJournal.com (press release) -
WASHINGTON, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Social Security Administration provides long-term, disability benefits to US workers who are unable to work for more than 12 months due to a physical, mental or emotional medical condition.

It's time to rethink retirement

CNNMoney -
(MONEY Magazine) -- When Social Security was created in 1937, the average American lived to age 60. Since then, medical advances have added decades to life expectancy.

Is your TSP account secure?

Federal Times -
By STEPHEN LOSEY | Last Updated:June 3, 2012 Retired US Postal Service clerk Rosalyn Linker received a rude surprise in the mail May 29: a letter telling her that she was one of 123201 Thrift Savings Plan participants whose Social Security numbers and ...

Lack of unified stance on Social Security buyback delaying bill

Saipan Tribune -
By Haidee V. Eugenio Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (Ind-MP) said he is ready to introduce legislation in US Congress to include the CNMI in the definition of “state” to allow a buyback into the Social Security system, but delaying such ...

Obama isn't first US leader to be wrongly called a socialist

Press Herald -
Using “socialist” as a political epithet in the US dates back to pre-Civil War days. Decades later, many elements of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, including Social Security, were denounced as socialist. 1943 File Photo/The Associated Press ...

Security Utah CTO Steps Down Following Data Breach

PC Advisor -
By Jaikumar Vijayan | Computerworld US | 04 June 12 The executive director of Utah's Department of Technology Services has resigned over a data breach that exposed the Social Security numbers and other personal data of about 280000 Medicaid recipients.

Mission Viejo expects vote to repeal E-Verify

OCRegister -
E-Verify is a voluntary program that allows employers to check via the Internet the work eligibility of employees and potential hires against Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security databases. The program started as a pilot ...

Raise SS cap on income

Daytona Beach News-Journal -
I hope Kerry's resolve on the issue of entitlement reform is as fair as he is determined. We need to adjust our social welfare programs and Social Security, but there are many ways to get the job done. US News & World Report lists 12 possible solutions ...

Social Security Q&A for June 3

NewsOK.com -
Members of Congress, the president and vice president, federal judges, and most political appointees, have paid taxes into the Social Security program since January 1984. They pay into the system just like everyone else, no matter how long they have ...

Pat Buchanan: Ann Romney asks the right question

The Union Leader -
The US government spends a peacetime record 24 to 25 percent of gross domestic product. Most of that is expended on five accounts: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other Great Society programs, interest on the national debt, war and defense.

Social Security Q&A for June 3

NewsOK.com -
Members of Congress, the president and vice president, federal judges, and most political appointees, have paid taxes into the Social Security program since January 1984. They pay into the system just like everyone else, no matter how long they have ...

Eileen Ambrose: A slew of obstacles in tax-fraud recovery

Bradenton Herald -
"Right now, they have nothing to tell us," she said. "We are in limbo." Victims often say they have no idea how thieves got their Social Security numbers, but filching them isn't difficult. And with a number, a thief can make up W-2 information, ...

Obama, Romney camps trade barbs

Regina Leader-Post -
Gillespie cited the need for "entitlement reform" - a reference to the massive US Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid programs - as a pressing current need.

Catastrophic conditions in the Bulgarian health system

World Socialist Web Site -
Following the reintroduction of the capitalist free market in 1990, the former People's Republic of Bulgaria commenced the privatisation of what was previously a state-funded social security system. While the situation worsened dramatically for broad ...

Federal blunders enable ID theft

Tbo.com -
US Rep. Kathy Castor is working with Rep. Rich Nugent on legislation to restrict the release of the Social Security Death Master File.

US Rep. Cicilline to host senior resources fair

Boston.com -
Among those expected to attend are representatives from the state Division of Elderly Affairs, the US Social Security Administration, the US Veterans Administration National Service Office and Rhode Island Housing. Cicilline's office says constituents ...

South King County family sentenced to prison for disability fraud | US ...

Enumclaw Courier-Herald -
Three members of one family were sentenced today in US District Court in Seattle to prison time for a scheme to defraud the Social Security Administration and the State Department of Social and Health Services of more than $300000, announced US ...
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