The New York Times 9:19 pm on April 22, 2022
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4 Ways to Fortify Your Retirement Against Market Volatility

So many factors cause volatility in the markets, making it tricky even for the experts to know what’s next. They still have ideas.

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The New York Times 3:48 pm on February 28, 2022
Tags: california ( 1,425 ), Coronavirus Reopenings ( 1,644 ), Elderly ( 398 ), Health Insurance and Managed Care ( 365 ), Hospitals ( 582 ), Medicaid ( 72 ), Medicare ( 105 ), Nursing Homes ( 240 ), Social Security (US), Social Security Administration ( 14 ), your-feed-healthcare ( 468 ), your-feed-science ( 1,406 )

For Older Americans, Some Positive Health News

Three recent developments — incremental and undramatic but encouraging — are likely to improve the lives and health of seniors.

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The New York Times 3:15 am on February 19, 2022
Tags: Age, Chronological ( 129 ), Content Type: Service ( 1,516 ), Labor and Jobs ( 1,593 ), longevity ( 62 ), Medicare ( 105 ), Pensions and Retirement Plans ( 64 ), Personal Finances ( 208 ), Retirement ( 69 ), Social Security (US), Social Security Administration ( 14 )

How to Transition Into Retirement

Many older Americans like to ease into being an ex-worker — but you need to think carefully about just how to get there.

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The New York Times 3:45 pm on January 28, 2022
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Using Tech to Optimize Your Social Security Benefits

A variety of online tools can guide retirees looking to make the most of this benefit — which many older Americans depend on.

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The New York Times 4:11 pm on January 23, 2022
Tags: Elderly ( 398 ), Finances ( 123 ), Helen Thornton, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund ( 10 ), Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships ( 95 ), Social Security (US), Social Security Administration ( 14 ), your-feed-health ( 241 ), your-feed-science ( 1,406 )

Social Security Opens to Survivors of Same-Sex Couples Who Could Not Marry

Challenging a policy that limited survivor’s benefits to married couples, even though some couples were legally barred from marriage, took years.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on December 22, 2021
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How to Cope With Medicare’s Rising Costs

A higher Medicare premium in 2022 is just part of the puzzle of health care costs for older Americans. But there are ways to plan.

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The New York Times 2:34 am on December 9, 2021
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Woman Stole Daughter’s Identity to Get Loans and Attend College, U.S. Says

Laura Oglesby, 48, of Missouri, who pleaded guilty to intentionally providing false information to the Social Security Administration, lived as someone nearly half her age, the authorities said.

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The New York Times 7:25 pm on November 19, 2021
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Inflation and Retirement: How to Protect Your Savings

With prices rising at their fastest rate in decades, people in retirement or approaching it should take extra care to protect their savings.

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The New York Times 2:45 pm on October 13, 2021
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Social Security Cost of Living Increase Will be 5.9 Percent in 2022

The increase, a cost-of-living adjustment that applies to about 70 million Americans, comes as consumer prices have jumped sharply.

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The New York Times 2:13 pm on October 6, 2021
Tags: Federal Budget (US) ( 272 ), Government Bonds ( 39 ), National Debt (US) ( 93 ), Social Security (US), Social Security Administration ( 14 ), Treasury Department ( 191 ), United States Economy ( 1,985 ), Zandi, Mark ( 6 )

What the Debt Ceiling Means for Social Security and More

The Treasury secretary says the government will run out of money to spend if Congress doesn’t raise the debt ceiling. Here’s what that could mean for programs that help millions of Americans.

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The New York Times 7:35 pm on October 4, 2021
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On Concerns About Debt, and Disregard for Climate and Child Poverty

Why don’t those who used to obsess over debt seem to care about the future?

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The New York Times 7:28 pm on September 8, 2021
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California’s Farms Face a Reckoning

Eighty percent of the water used by people in California goes to just 0.8 percent of the state’s gross domestic product.

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The New York Times 3:19 pm on September 1, 2021
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When to Collect Social Security: Why You Should Wait

More details on why experts advise to wait to claim benefits and on benefits for divorced spouses.

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The New York Times 8:28 pm on August 31, 2021
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Social Security is projected to be insolvent a year earlier than previously forecast.

Annual government reports on the solvency of the programs underscored the questions about the long-term viability of Social Security and Medicare.

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The New York Times 11:40 pm on July 9, 2021
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Biden Fires Trump Appointee as Head of Social Security Administration

The dismissal, the latest effort by President Biden to oust a Trump-appointed director of an independent executive agency, could set off a legal showdown over who rightfully holds the position.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on July 2, 2021
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Americans Are Retiring Earlier Because of Pandemic

After years in which Americans worked later in life, the latest economic disruption has driven many out of the work force prematurely.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on June 28, 2021
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Women and Social Security: How to Get the Biggest Check

Women tend to live longer than men, so they need as much retirement income as possible. Whether you’re 30 or 60, here’s what you need to know.

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The New York Times 2:09 am on May 29, 2021
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Social Security and Covid: Why Getting Help Won’t Be the Same

The pandemic abruptly closed the agency’s 1,200 offices, and officials are considering how to move forward. One issue: Without the offices, fewer low-income seniors sought benefits.

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The New York Times 8:00 pm on January 14, 2021
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Disabled Americans Are Losing a Lifeline

Biden can help.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on December 22, 2020
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The Auto I.R.A. Is Gaining Traction as a Retirement Savings Option

The automatic I.R.A., administered by state governments, will be more widely available.

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The New York Times 11:00 am on December 11, 2020
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Female Workers Could Take Another Pandemic Hit: To Their Retirements

Unequal job losses now will translate into smaller nest eggs and Social Security benefits down the road.

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The New York Times 10:30 am on November 20, 2020
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If Biden Wants to Be Like F.D.R., He Needs the Left

Radical agitation helped bring Social Security and much of the New Deal into being.

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The New York Times 4:27 pm on October 28, 2020
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It’s Time to Talk About Social Security. No More Waiting.

Even before the pandemic, Social Security’s finances were under growing pressure. The next president and Congress will play a crucial role in what happens next.

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The New York Times 1:59 am on September 16, 2020
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What Can We Learn From Rival Political Ads in Florida?

The margin is expected to be razor thin between President Trump and Joe Biden in this hotly contested state, here’s how the campaigns’ recent television and radio ads there are characterizing their opponent.

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The New York Times 8:42 pm on September 11, 2020
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Trump’s Payroll Tax ‘Cut’ Fizzles

Big companies say the president’s directive to delay collection of the tax that funds Social Security is more trouble than it is worth. Federal employees are upset they are stuck with it.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on September 2, 2020
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Inflation Is Higher Than the Numbers Say

While government statistics say inflation is low, the reality is that the cost of living has risen during the pandemic, especially for poorer Americans.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on August 14, 2020
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America’s Retirement Race Gap, and Ideas for Closing It

Scholars and policymakers have proposed ways to fix the inequities between whites and people of color, including changes to Social Security and building wealth from birth.

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