Lawmakers Examining Ways to Shore Up Social Security Retirement Benefits for Elderly Women Although Social Security retirement benefits are gender-neutral, elderly women who depend on the money to survive are more likely than men to receive less money from the federal program, which means they are … [Read more...]
Social Security Benefits to Go Up 1.7% for 2015
December 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Social Security Benefits Expected to Rise 1.7% for Recipients in 2015 The Social Security Administration released an estimate on Wednesday, October 22nd, that retirement benefits for 64 million Americans will go up 1.7% in 2015. Although the increase will be good for Social Security benefits … [Read more...]
VA Struggled with Veterans Benefits, Per Report
July 16, 2014 By Leave a Comment
New Report Shows that Veterans Affairs Struggled to Pay Veterans Benefits The Veterans Administration and VA hospitals all over the country have been mired in controversy for months because of fake waiting lists and long wait times for treatments that, in many cases, led to the deaths of veterans. … [Read more...]
Same Sex Couples Entitled to Social Security Benefits
June 25, 2014 By 1 Comment
SSA Rules Same Sex Couples Entitled to Social Security Benefits On Friday, June 20th, the Social Security Administration announced that same sex couples entitled to social security benefits. The agency will expand benefits granted to same sex couples, so that any couple who is legally married can … [Read more...]
Bill Could Expand Social Security Benefits for Same Sex Couples
May 19, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Senate Democrats Seek to Expand Social Security Benefits for Same Sex Couples A new Senate bill could expand Social Security benefits to cover the partners of same sex couples. Social Security currently allows spouses to claim benefits when they turn 62 years old, even if they never worked and … [Read more...]
