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Showing posts with label Social Security. Medicare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Security. Medicare. Show all posts

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Who Thought That This Would Be The Last Generation to Retire?

If  retirement is going to become history in the US, state legislatures may need to consider the age cap to workers' compensation benefits that is becoming an all too trendy reform concept. The employment landscape in the US is rapidly changing, and  retirement maybe going by the boards, but workers' compensation planners may have inadvertently designed reforms that terminate benefits pre-maturely.


The Alliance for Retired Americans has now initiated a campaign to alert workers throughout the nation that benefits maybe the target of a takeback effort by the U.S. Congress as the year and budget process wraps up.


Some anticipated revisions that are expected to be offered in lieu of statutory cuts are  the following:




  • Raising the Social Security age to 70
  • Reducing the Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA)
  • Raising the Medicare eligibility age to 67
  • Cutting the Medicaid funding that helps seniors afford long-term care
  • Taking away traditional Medicare benefits, leaving seniors at the mercy of insurance companies.
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