Cuts to programs will affect us all. People who no longer will receive coverage will still turn up in ERs.  The lost money will be made up for by raising costs for people with insurance. The cuts will cost us rural hospitals and those people will tra...

So, they cant stop the taxing of SS benefits but they can and will cut Medicare.  Medicare is already paying less than commercial insurance. Rural hospitals will not survive with the cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.  And what does this mean for the med...

The government promise of an additional $4K of deduction for seniors at tax time does not go far enough to deal with SS and taxes.  In 1983 when they started taxing SS income, only 10% of people receiving SS paid taxes, today is it over 50%.  This is...

We need to get our Congress Representatives to support the 'You earned it you keep it' bill. This allows for raising the cap on the taxable earnings and stopping the federal taxes on SSN.  This would keep the trust fund solvent until 2054 and decreas...

The recent identified case of the 2B in Medicare Fraud in 2 years is concerning(See story on the Medicare 'catheter fraud'. If this were a non government company, the upper management would be replaced by now. (But it is only a government program for...