Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) is available to those who are totally and permanently disabled and have at least 20 Social Security credits in the last 10 years. Most full time workers will have 4 credits for each year worked. In order to be eligible for Social Security disability, you must be “disabled.” For Social [...]
Social Security Disability
March 7, 2013 by Bob Vineyard
Filed Under: Medicare, Social Security, Social Security disability, Under age 65 Medicare Tagged With: Social Security, social security disability
Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid – All Discretionary Spending
January 12, 2013 by Bob Vineyard
George Will says all federal spending is ultimately “discretionary” Share this story: The budget is discussed with This Week with Christiane Amanpour. Members of Congress are actively working to cut the federal budget and bring down spending. But they’re steering clear of the politically difficult, big-ticket items such as Social Security, [...]
Filed Under: Georgia Medicare Supplement Plans, Senior News, Social Security
Turning 65 – Need to Buy Medigap Insurance
January 4, 2013 by Bob Vineyard
Buy Medigap insurance in Georgia when you turn 65. Do you want the best rate for plan F? Georgia Medicare Plans is an excellent resource for low cost plans when you need to buy Medigap in Georgia. U. S. News and World Reports offers 7 tips for seniors and baby boomers retiring at age 65 [...]
Social Security Trust Fund
December 8, 2012 by Bob Vineyard
The Social Security Trust Fund is a hoax. Everyone knows that the U.S. budget is being devoured by entitlements. Everyone also knows that of the Big Three Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security Social Security is the most solvable. Back-of-an-envelope solvable: Raise the retirement age, tweak the indexing formula (from wage inflation to price inflation) and [...]
Filed Under: Senior News, Social Security Tagged With: Social Security
Social Security – That Giant Sucking Sound
November 20, 2012 by Bob Vineyard
That giant sucking sound you hear is Social Security circling the drain. With more than 60 million on Social Security and another 10,000 baby boomers each day reaching retirement age, the drain on Social Security is taking its’ toll. Years of borrowing against the “trust fund” by members of Congress have nearly depleted the reserve. [...]
Filed Under: Senior News, Social Security Tagged With: AARP, Social Security
Medicare, Social Security and You
November 14, 2012 by Bob Vineyard
Medicare, Social Security and what it means for you. For too many seniors, poverty is a way of life and Medicare won’t keep you out of the “poor house”. Poverty rates for people ages 65 to 74 climbed from 7.9 percent in 2005 to 9.4 percent in 2009, according to the EBRI analysis of University of Michigan [...]
Filed Under: Medicare, Senior News, Social Security Tagged With: medicare, Social Security
Social Security COLA Increase for 2012
November 12, 2012 by Bob Vineyard
WASHINGTON- Social Security recipients will get a raise in January – their first increase in benefits since 2009. It’s expected to be about 3.5 percent.About 55 million beneficiaries will find out the amount today, when a government inflation measure that determines the annual cost-of-living adjustment is released. Congress adopted the measure in the 1970s, and [...]
Filed Under: Senior News, Social Security
Social Security Point of Zero Return
November 10, 2012 by Bob Vineyard
Social Security for recent retirees provides a zero return on your money. In other words, your future Social Security benefits are the same as if you had buried your money in the ground, or put it under your mattress. Lifetime Social Security taxes and benefits for people turning 65 in different decades. The lifetime value [...]
Filed Under: Social Security Tagged With: Social Security
Medicare – Can We Afford It?
October 30, 2012 by Bob Vineyard
Medicare, can we afford it? The gravy train ride is generating trillion dollar deficits and it has to stop somewhere. While consumers have cut back in spending and reduced personal debt the federal government is still having a party. Problem is, they are partying in our home and on our dime. That means we are [...]
Filed Under: Georgia Medicare Supplement Plans, Senior News, Social Security Tagged With: medicare
Medicare Identity Theft
January 7, 2012 by Bob Vineyard
Medicare identity theft is big business. Georgia seniors should be concerned about Medicare identity theft. When a thief steals your Medicare card and information it is just the same as stealing your purse or wallet. CMS (Center for Medicare Services) requires you to carry your Medicare card with you at all times. You can still [...]
Filed Under: Georgia Medicare Supplement Plans, Senior News, Social Security
