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Social Security and Medicare Factsheet The Many Faces of Social Security Nearly 173 million workers contribute to Social Security through payroll taxes. Nearly 62 million people receive monthly Social Security benefits: 45.4 million receive retirement benefits 5.9 million receive survivors’ benefits o 10.4 million receive disability benefits. Average 2018 Monthly Social Security Benefit A retired
Read moreBy Phil Galewitz Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. The Trump administration early Thursday initiated a pivotal change in the Medicaid program, announcing that for the first time the federal government will allow states to test work requirements as a condition
Read moreBy Phil Galewitz Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. The Trump administration early Thursday initiated a pivotal change in the Medicaid program, announcing that for the first time the federal government will allow states to test work requirements as a condition
Read moreby Jordan Rau Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. The Trump administration — reversing guidelines put in place under President Barack Obama — is scaling back the use of fines against nursing homes that harm residents or place them in grave
Read moreStatement of Richard Fiesta, executive director, Alliance for Retired Americans, on the House passage of the Republican tax bill: “Retirees see this tax plan for what it is: a windfall for big corporations, real estate developers, hedge fund managers and the very wealthiest Americans. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center reports that fully 83% of the cuts
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