From various news sources COLA increase =$22 The U.S. government will raise benefits for Social Security beneficiaries by 1.7% in 2015, the Social Security Administration said today. This is the third consecutive year in which the increase will be under 2%. The agency said it expects to send out checks to about 64 million people […]
President Obama’s budget proposes that health plans covering federal and postal workers offer a third option: Self plus one coverage. So when would it happen, and how would it work?
NAPS Statement On Proposals To Shift COLA To Chained CPI In April, President Barack Obama issued his budget proposal for FY 2014, a proposal that included several measures aimed squarely at deficit reduction. One of these proposals proposed moving Cost-Of-Living-Adjustments (COLA’s) for Social Security and Federal/Postal pensions from the standard Consumer Price Index (CPI), which […]