Regional Medicare costs rise sharply

Title: Regional Medicare costs rise sharply
Article Snip: "...seniors are facing a dizzying array of Medicare plan choices with premium costs that have risen sharply -- nearly tripling in at least one case...."
Reference: www.buffalonews.com
Medicare Increase, Medicare Premium,

FERS Annuity Supplement

Title: FERS Annuity Supplement
Article Snip: "...FERS annuity supplement is paid in addition to gross monthly Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) annuity benefits. It represents what you would receive for your FERS civilian service from the Social Security Administration (SSA) and is calculated as if you were eligible to receive SSA benefits on the day you retired. Eligibility for the annuity supplement continues until ..."
Reference: www.opm.gov
FERS Annuity Supplement, social security,

Seniors Protection Act of 2010 (H.R.5987)

Title: H.R.5987 -- Seniors Protection Act of 2010 (Introduced in House - IH)
Article Snip: "...To ensure that seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities who receive Social Security and certain other Federal benefits receive a one-time $250 payment in the event that no cost-of-living adjustment is payable in 2011. ..."
Reference: thomas.loc.gov
2011 COLA, Seniors Protection Act of 2010 (H.R.5987),

Shots hit Pentagon; temporary lockdown

Title: Shots hit Pentagon; temporary lockdown
Article Snip: "...did not know whether there was any connection between Tuesday's incident and Monday's discovery of bullet holes in windows at the National Museum of the Marine Corps ..."
Reference: www.washingtonpost.com

No Social Security COLA expected for 2011

Title: No Social Security COLA expected for 2011
Article Snip: "...The government is expected to announce this week that more than 58 million Social Security recipients will go through another year without an increase in monthly benefits...."
Reference: www.google.com

Federal Disability Retirement

Title: Ten Dos and Don'ts in filing for Federal Disability Retirement Benefits
Article Snip: "...Once a medical condition or disability impedes, prevents, or otherwise impacts a career goal, the perspective changes. The laws which govern the attempt to file for, and obtain, Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS..."
Reference: www.fedsmith.com