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2 hrs ago | New America Media

'Bipartisan' Purple Dogs Go Rogue with 'Task Force' on Social Security, Medicare

The NAM Round Table consists of news, insights, visions, ramblings and rants from the writers at New America Media.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Personal Finance, Medicare, Health, US News, US Politics, Kent Conrad, US Senate, Democrat, Judd Gregg, Republican

6 hrs ago | WNDU-TV South Bend

Grand jury indicts former housing commission exec

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

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Kansas City, KS

11 hrs ago | Government Executive

House panel pushes for answers on Social Security backlog

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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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Xavier Becerra, Democrat

Fri Nov 20, 2009

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Beware of these 12 online Christmas scams

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Computer Security, Science / Technology, Spyware, Social Software

Chattanoogan.com

Secretary Of State Hargett Vows End To "Graveyard Voting"

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

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Related Topix: Personal Finance

Politico

Dems' health hits Medicare third rail

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.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Health, Personal Finance, US News, Health Insurance, US Politics, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat

Christian Science Monitor

Health care and illegal immigrants in America: why Mexico is the key

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.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, Illegal Immigration, Medicaid, Health, Personal Finance, Medicine, Nursing

San Jose Mercury News

Opinion: Opposition to health care reform has precedents

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 ...

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Related Topix: Medicare, Health, Personal Finance, New York, Opinion, Science / Technology

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Bloomberg.com

Fidelity Says 401(k) Retirement Savings Accounts Recover From 2008 Decline

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

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Retirement, Financial Markets, 9, Pension

Connecticut Post

Health Net takes 6 months to alert 450K of ID breach

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 ...

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Related Topix: Insurance, Health Net, Shelton, CT, Personal Finance, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, New Haven Metro

Vallejo Times-Herald

Cordelia woman astounded by erroneous bill

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.

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Related Topix: Real Estate, Home Listing, Home, Vallejo, CA, Personal Finance, Green Valley, CA

GuruFocus.com

The Price of Cheating Death

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

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Related Topix: Biotech, Science / Technology, IBM, Pension, Personal Finance, Retirement

Computerworld

Job search scams: Protect yourself against identity theft

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

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Related Topix: Marketing, Personal Finance

Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Times

Deal pushing for citizenship proof

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.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Nathan Deal, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Illegal Immigration, Personal Finance, 2008 Presidential Election

The Seattle Times

Breast-cancer advice shifts

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.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Breast Cancer, Bothell, WA, Maple Valley, WA, Valley, WA, Personal Finance

FOX 4 Florida

Creating a budget that works

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.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

AllAfrica.com

Uganda: Firm Sues NSSF Over Breach of Contract

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.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance

The Cato Institute

Health Care: A Trillion(s)-Dollar Bill

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.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Health, Personal Finance, Mortgage, Medicaid

Tue Nov 17, 2009

The Daily Courier

Social Security: Medicare prescription drug plan open season runs through Dec. 31

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

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Related Topix: Medicare, Health, Personal Finance

Montgomery Advertiser

Health care reform bill verging on ginless cocktail

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 ...

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Related Topix: US News, Personal Finance

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