Is Your COLA Keeping Up With Your Medical Costs?
COLA vs. Medical Costs

Still Working? Don`t Let Uncle Sam Get More Than You Do!
You`re retired and you`d like to supplement your Social Security and pension income.

Social Security-Soft On Disability Fraud
Frontline Staff Questions Agency`s Commitment To Fighting Fraud

Social Security & Medicare Questions
Q: My wife will turn 62 this year and is still working. I recently suffered a heart attack. I am 70. I receive a Social Security benefit of $985. I don`t have a big pension or other savings. If something should happen to me, what would my wife receive from Social Security?

Social Security & Medicare Questions
Q: I am a 67-year-old diabetic. I have been watching ads on television about getting my supplies through the mail. The ad says the supplies are covered by Medicare, but I`ve been paying for mine, which I buy at local pharmacies. I`m confused. What does Medicare really cover?

Reader's Mail: Tax On Social Security Benefits
An important and grossly unfair tax has been overlooked in the rush for tax cuts.

Notch Bulletin: Government Waste Costs Notch Victims
Despite optimistic forecasts of budget surpluses and a continued strong economy, poor oversight allows the government to burn up our tax dollars.

Medicare Part B Premium Remains Unchanged For 2000, But Future Increases Expected
The Medicare Part B premium stayed at the 1999 rate of $45.50 in 2000, but is expected to rise to $46.50 in 2001.

Legislative Update: Defending Your Earned Benefits Creates Full Agenda For TSCL
Will prescription drug coverage be added to Medicare?

Income That Reduces Social Security Benefits
If you are still working after starting Social Security benefits and under age 65, beware of the Social Security Earnings Test.

Guarding Your Gold, A Consumer's Guide
A common misconception about Medicare is the belief that it will pay for most of your health care needs.

Congress Sets Record For Pork
Bolstered by a fat economy and budget surplus, the year 2000 budget set a new record in Congress for special projects like animal waste management research and revitalizing shopping malls.

Bounty Program Stopping Illegal SSI Payments
What would happen if the government offered a $400 per head bounty for prisoners collecting benefits illegally?