Ridiculously low social security pay and Medicare expenses

Seniors struggle with Social Security adjustments

Article Excerpt: "...the Medicare Part D "doughnut hole" -- the no-man's land in which beneficiaries pay the full cost for prescriptions after they have used up their basic benefit and before they reach an upper "catastrophic" mark when coverage resumes...."

Resource: www.post-gazette.com

Health care costs are well on their way to eating up half of the average Social Security check

Health Care Consumes Over a Third of Social Security Checks

Article Excerpt: "... Social Security benefits were never intended to go mostly toward medical bills. Yet today, even with Medicare (including the prescription drug coverage - Medicare Part D - which took effect in 2006), out-of-pocket health care costs are well on their way to eating up half of the average Social Security check of seniors and their surviving spouses. ..."

Resource: www.huffingtonpost.com

Federal Employee and Postal Employee Buyouts Update 2014

Will a buyout be in your stocking?

Article Excerpt: "..."We keep hearing rumors of buyout ... but without any confirmation," a federal HR official said earlier this week. "It's almost like [the situation] with the SES bonuses, as if [the administration] doesn't want to talk about it." ..."

Resource: www.federalnewsradio.com

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