Tag: Social Security

Crossroads takes page out of AARP’s playbook

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Crossroads takes page out of AARP’s playbook

Philip Klein · August 20, 2014 10:16 pm

Only about 31,000 people left the disability rolls to return to work in 2012, according to Social Security Administration data. (iStock Photo)

Social Security’s futile attempt to help disabled people go back to work

Joseph Lawler · August 15, 2014 4:21 pm

The trust fund for the disability program will run out in late 2016, Social Security's Board of Trustees warned in late July. Without congressional action, disabled workers would immediately face a 25 percent cut in their benefits.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

A showdown is coming over Social Security, but it’s not about retirement

Joseph Lawler · August 13, 2014 7:33 pm

3 Fla. politicians mark Social Security’s birthday

3 Fla. politicians mark Social Security’s birthday

Washington Examiner · August 12, 2014 7:02 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, center, flanked by Treasury Secretary and Managing Trustee Jacob J. Lew, left, and Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez, speaks at a news conference at the Treasury Department in Washington, Monday, July 28, 2014, to discuss the release of the annual Trustees Reports. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Despite good news, benefit programs face problems

STEPHEN OHLEMACHERRICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR · July 29, 2014 7:12 am

The Social Security disability trust fund is only two years away from exhaustion, Social Security's Board of Trustees announced Monday. (iStock Photo)

Only two years until Social Security’s disability fund runs out

Joseph Lawler · July 28, 2014 6:34 pm

Only about 31,000 people left the disability rolls to return to work in 2012, according to Social Security Administration data. (iStock Photo)

Let low-income Americans opt out of Social Security

Star Parker · July 26, 2014 10:00 am

This Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 file photo, shows the Social Security Administration's main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md. Six years ago the Social Security Administration embarked on an aggressive plan to replace outdated computer systems overwhelmed by a growing flood of disability claims. Nearly $300 million later, the new system is nowhere near ready and agency officials are struggling to salvage a project racked by delays and mismanagement.

Social Security’s $300M IT project doesn’t work

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 5:14 pm

This Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 file photo, shows the Social Security Administration's main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md. Six years ago the Social Security Administration embarked on an aggressive plan to replace outdated computer systems overwhelmed by a growing flood of disability claims. Nearly $300 million later, the new system is nowhere near ready and agency officials are struggling to salvage a project racked by delays and mismanagement.

Social Security spent $300M on ‘IT boondoggle’

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 12:49 am

Social Security: Field offices to verify benefits

Social Security: Field offices to verify benefits

Stephen Ohlemacher · July 17, 2014 10:16 pm

Landrieu: Cassidy Wants to Hurt Seniors

Michael Warren · July 15, 2014 6:14 pm

Copies of President Obama's proposed fiscal 2015 budget set out for distribution on Capitol Hill in March. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congressional Budget Office downgrades fiscal outlook, but not because of debt

Joseph Lawler · July 15, 2014 2:43 pm