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GOP Budget Takes Aim Again at Obamacare, Medicare

Posted on 03/12/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsBy Andrew Taylor of The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans unveiled their latest budget outline on Tuesday, sticking to their plans to try to repeal so-called Obamacare, cut domestic programs ranging from Medicaid to college grants and require future Medicare patients to bear more of the program’s cost. Related: Read AARP reaction to Paul Ryan’s newly announced budget proposal The point is to prove it’s possible to balance the budget within 10 years by simply cutting spending and …

Measly Social Security COLA Announced for 2013

Posted on 10/16/2012 by | Money and Work | Comments

Bulletin Today | Money & SavingsYou won’t be rolling in dough with next year’s Social Security cost-of-living adjustment at 1.7 percent — about $21 a month more for people collecting the average retirement benefit of $1,236. [See our full story on the COLA]. Some 56 million beneficiaries will see the increase in their payments beginning in January. It’s one of the lowest since Social Security COLAs were adopted in 1975. Not to add insult to injury, but that $21 is likely to be reduced by a …