by Jane Richey | Jul 2, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has paid at least 1,546 dead people $31 million, with some of the deceased receiving benefits for 20 years.According to a June 21 audit by the Inspector General for the Social Security Administration, 2,475 beneficiaries had a...
by Jane Richey | Nov 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Exactly two years ago this week, the Obama administration announced it had issued more than 100 waivers en masse to a select group of companies, unions and other health insurance providers seeking relief from the onerous federal health care law. The Obamacare waiver...
by Jane Richey | Nov 2, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The number of American workers collecting federal disability insurance benefits hit yet another record high in October, according to the Social Security Administration. This month 8,803,335 disabled workers are collecting benefits, up from the previous record of...
by Jane Richey | Jun 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
At a town hall-style meeting at the White House on Thursday, Obama administration officials touted the benefits for women’s health afforded by the Affordable Care Act – benefits Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said would “cease to exist” if the...
by Jane Richey | Apr 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Medicare faces an unfunded liability of $38.6 trillion, according to the Medicare Trustees report released Monday. The unfunded liability is the amount that has been promised in benefits to people now alive that will not be funded by the tax revenue the system is...