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Women Voters, 50+, Want More from Candidates on Social Security

An AARP survey of older women in 15 key battleground states shows likely women voters, age 50+, don’t think presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have said enough about their respective plans for Social Security. The survey’s respondents also indicated that the next U.S. president needs to do something about updating the program.

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House, Senate Bills Would Dramatically Reduce SSA Budget

If appropriations bills from the Senate and the House are successful, the Social Security Administration (SSA) may have to reduce services and furlough employees.

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Online Report Details Economic Impact of Social Security on Communities

Ever wonder how Social Security affects the U.S. economy? What with all the dire warnings about the future of what is clearly the nation's most popular entitlement program, Social Security’s economic contributions to communities, counties, and states continue to be misunderstood and often ignored in Washington’s fiscal debates. The outspoken National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, one of Washington's squeakiest wheels, hopes to change that. It has released a new online report that provides a detailed look at the significant economic impact generated by Social Security benefits.

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Social Security Trustees Report for 2016: Not Much Different from 2015

The Social Security Trustees project that the combined Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) and Old Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust funds will be depleted in 2034, the same year projected in last year's report.

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Obama Makes Bold Turnaround on Social Security Policy

“It’s time we finally made Social Security more generous and increased its benefits so that today’s retirees and future generations get the dignified retirement that they’ve earned,” Obama told his audience. “And we can start paying for it by asking the wealthiest Americans to contribute a little bit more. They can afford it. I can afford it.”

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Advocacy Groups Secure Major Policy Shift by SSA

A lawsuit filed by two advocacy groups and a law firm on behalf of plaintiffs Hugh Held and Kelley Richardson-Wright and a nationwide class of U.S. citizens in same-sex marriages has played a key role in the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) decision to initiate a major policy shift in the way the agency awards Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits.

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Social Security Administration Improves Appeals Form

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has updated its Request for Reconsideration form (Form 561). The form includes an improved explanation of the three types of appeals (case review, informal conference and formal conference) available for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients.

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Ten Things You May Not Know About Social Security

Social Security is one of the nation's more successful, effective, and popular programs. The Washington, DC-based Center for Budget & Policy Priorities has updated its list of ‘Top Ten Facts About Social Security,” which describes the reach of the program and how it helps Americans make ends meet.

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Disability ‘Double Dippers’ Rack Up Millions in SSA Overpayments

The Social Security Administration has for years overpaid thousands of disabled federal workers millions of dollars in Disability Insurance payments, according to a new GAO report.

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Why Your Social Security Increase for 2016 Will Likely Disappear

Even though retirees have had to make do with minimal cost-of-living increases in their benefits in recent years, early signs suggest the Social Security increase for 2016 could be smaller still -- or even disappear entirely.

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