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The disclosure by General Electric GE +0.03% that it will save billions of dollars as it pares the healthcare coverage of thousands of its retirees is the latest in a series of blows to the once-rich benefit packages at some of the nation’s best-known companies. Click here to read entire article.
Read moreSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is demanding a vote on a bill that would provide a one-time cash payment to Social Security beneficiaries and veterans who did not get a cost-of-living adjustment this year. Click here to read entire article.
Read moreThe Obama administration on Tuesday issued its controversial proposal to change the way it pays for billions of dollars in Medicare drugs, Pro’s Brett Norman reports. — What’s in the proposal: The five-year project would let Medicare vary what it spends on drugs given in the hospital or doctor’s office to test whether its current
Read moreScammers have a new way of getting to you. Their weapon: a phishing email claiming to come from the Social Security Administration. The subject line reads “Get Protected” and the return address appears as “no-reply@ssa.gov.” The email appears to offer new features that will help you monitor your credit report and warn you of unauthorized
Read moreIf you’ve been dreaming of retiring on a beach, you may want to trade in your surfboard and think about taking up horseback riding instead. That’s because Wyoming, for the second year in a row, was named the best state in which to retire, according to an annual survey from Bankrate.com. Western neighbors South Dakota,
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