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Officials estimate that struggling economy to speed up Medicare's insolvency 1 to 3 years
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Federal health officials estimate that the struggling economy will speed up by one to three years the exhaustion of the Medicare trust fund covering hospital and nursing home care. Trustees for the Social Security and Medicare...Tags: Medical Services, Government Health Care, Bankruptcy, Medicare, Government
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Tips for preventing child ID theft
Protect your child's identity Don't ask for annual credit reports on your child; that opens a credit file and suggests the child is an adult consumer. Do not carry your child's Social Security card with you. Resist giving out your child's Social...Tags: Interior Policy, Wages and Pensions, Consumers, Personal Data Collection
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Theft of children's identities often goes unnoticed for years
South Florida Sun-SentinelRandy Waldron Jr. deposited his first paycheck when he was an infant. By the time he was in elementary school, he had bought and sold property, cars and restaurants and racked up tax liens because of financial problems. He had a felony record at age 7....Tags: Bankruptcy, Consumers, Internal Revenue Service, Property, Interior Policy
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Bureaucratic tangle, seen from the inside
With a name like mine, you might imagine it's rare to hear it pronounced or see it spelled correctly. For as long as I can remember, I've fielded phone calls for "Dan" and letters addressed to Mr. Dang. It happened so often that I gave up trying to fix...Tags: Parkville, Interior Policy, Wages and Pensions, Consumers, Internal Revenue Service
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Act now for a more secure retirement
Chicago TribuneWhen it comes to your money, you might have had trouble finding any reason to be thankful. With the stock market down sharply and many a bond fund hit by the credit crisis too, 401(k)'s and other savings have been brutalized in one of the worst financial...Tags: Government Health Care, Medicare, Health Insurance, Retirement, Morningstar Incorporated
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Knowledge of Social Security falls short
Chicago TribuneIt's one of the biggest, if not the biggest asset, for millions of Americans in or near retirement. Despite a global financial crisis, it has kept all its value. But many people have little practical knowledge of this asset - assuming they even think...Tags: Retirement, Wages and Pensions
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Heartless regulators
One has to wonder who is lining whose pockets when the Public Service Commission approves a 25 percent rate increase for Progress Energy. That is almost unbelievable. Senior citizens can't afford to keep up now. As is the case every year when Social...Tags: Progress Energy Incorporated, Wages and Pensions
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Ex-Pastor Leaves Her With Debt
Audelia Wilson helped start the True Life Ministry Pentecostal church in the basement of her Hartford home more than 20 years ago. Unfortunately, she was also intimately involved in the dissolution of her beloved church this year. She says she was...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), American Express Company, Wethersfield, West Hartford, Wages and Pensions
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First AME pastor's spending examined
The pastor of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the oldest and most prominent black congregations in Los Angeles, used church credit cards to pay for at least $122,000 in personal expenses over a three-year period, including jewelry,...Tags: Encino, Government, Trips and Vacations, Minority Groups, Anglican
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Taking control of finances eases the pain
When it comes to your money, you may be having trouble finding any reason to be thankful. With the stock market down sharply and many a bond fund hit by the credit crisis too, 401(k)s and other savings have been brutalized by one of the worst financial...Tags: Retirement, Morningstar Incorporated, Mutual Funds, Stock Broking, Wages and Pensions
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Social Security still a valuable retirement benefit
Tribune Media ServicesIt's one of the biggest assets for millions of Americans in or near retirement. Despite a global financial crisis, it has kept all its value. But we have little practical knowledge of this asset - assuming we even think about how to get the most out of...Tags: Retirement, Wages and Pensions
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Social Security doesn't pay retroactive spousal benefits
Bfamfin@aol.comMy brother and I co-own a house left to us by our mother. Are we each entitled to a $250,000 tax exclusion for the sale of the house? Also, for tax purposes, is the original cost of the house its value at the time of her death - about $450,000 - or the...Tags: Melville, Retirement, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, State Budgets
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