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The former executive director of the Benton Harbor Housing Commission has been indicted on embezzlement and Social Security fraud charges.

The Social Security Administration has made headway in reducing backlogs in disability claims but still has work to do, witnesses told a House panel on Thursday.

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As a matter of practice, county election administrators purge deceased voters on a regular basis.

Forget Social Security as the third rail of American politics. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's new health care reform proposal is further proof that Capitol Hill Democrats are following an electorally suicidal strategy of turning Medicare into a political electric chair.

Few issues have caused as much of a stir this year as the question of whether illegal immigrants will be included in the Democratic healthcare bill.

Critics storm that health care reform is "a cruel hoax and a delusion." Ads in 100 newspapers thunder that reform would mean "the beginning of socialized medicine." The Wall Street Journal's editorial page predicts that the legislation will lead to "deteriorating service." Business groups warn that Washington bureaucrats will invade "the privacy of ...

Fidelity Investments said the average balance on customersa 401 retirement accounts has returned to September 2008 levels on contributions and third- quarter investment gains.

Shelton-based Health Net of the Northeast Inc. surprised state officials and regulators Wednesday when it admitted private information on 450,000 Connecticut residents has been missing for about a half-year. According to the company and state regulators, an unencrypted portable disk drive containing personal information on past Health Net clients ...

Ednalee Kelly was unprepared for a $3,058.82 water bill. Come to think of it, she wasn't prepared for any water bill regardless of its size.

I was at dinner with some friends and the conversation turned to the topic of undiscovered investment opportunities.

Identity theft rings have set their sights on the people who are unemployed and looking for work.

After failing to get an amendment passed in the U.S. House that would require anyone receiving tax-funded health care benefits to prove their citizenship with a valid photo ID, U.S. Rep.

An influential task force of medical experts has upended long-standing directives for women about breast cancer screening, recommending that most women get mammograms starting at age 50 rather than at age 40, and every other year rather than annually, saying the potential harm of routine screening to women in their 40s outweighs the benefits.

Are you paying for food with your credit card -- then paying your credit card bill with another credit card? Are you panicking because the cost of living is increasing -- but your paycheck isn't? If you feel like you can't keep your head above water, it's time to regain control of your finances.

The National Social Security Fund has been sued over a breach of contract which could make the fund pay up to Shs2.4 billion in costs.

Michael D. Tanner is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and co-author of Healthy Competition: What's Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It.

The next open season for enrollment in the Medicare Part D prescription drug program is here.

On the same day my Alabama friend with an iffy heart took an ambulance ride with his $8,000-deductible insurance card tucked in his back pocket, during the same month my niece is waiting to find a serum her insurance company will approve so that she can get ready for radiation treatment, in a year when jobs are scarce -- especially those that come ...