usatoday.com (18.11.2015) When to claim your Social Security benefit can be a tough question to answer, but there's a new online tool to help you do the math.
theweek.com (16.11.2015) A healthy society needs to provide people with health care coverage, retirement income, unemployment insurance, and paid time off, among other things. For a long time now, America has relied on employers to pony up many of these benefits on their own. But there's increasing pressure throughout the economy to break that link, and allow more flexibility into the contracts and relationships between employers and employees.
La Vanguardia (10.11.2015) Una alianza de empresas emergentes, profesores, sindicatos y representantes del Gobierno de Estados Unidos hicieron pública hoy una carta en la que piden que se replantee el sistema de protección social para el creciente número de trabajadores por cuenta propia.
Le Monde (03.11.2015) Le taux de mortalité de la population blanche américaine la moins éduquée, âgée de 45 à 54 ans, a augmenté de façon inédite au cours de la dernière décennie, indique une étude publiée, lundi 2 novembre, par la National Academy of Sciences. La tendance est d’autant plus spectaculaire que, dans le même temps, ce taux continuait de baisser au sein des minorités noires et hispaniques. A l’origine du phénomène, une augmentation des suicides et des pathologies liées à la drogue et à l’alcool au sein de la population blanche.
The New York Times (19.10.2015) With the Affordable Care Act’s third open enrollment period to begin in less than two weeks, federal officials are racing to fix new features of HealthCare.gov that are supposed to make it easy for consumers to find insurance plans that cover their doctors and prescription drugs.
The Detroit News (18.10.2015) Just 39 percent of Americans 45 to 64 surveyed by AARP said Social Security benefits will make up at least half of their future retirement income, though the advocacy group says nearly 6 in 10 elderly people rely on the benefits for half or more of their household income.
FederalNewsRadio.com (08.10.2015) The Veterans Affairs Department’s ongoing goal to provide world class customer service always begins with a simple premise: understand the veterans experience first and foremost.
The San Francisco Examiner (04.10.2015) San Francisco’s government employees could gain more expansive parental leave rights under a charter amendment submitted to voters by the Board of Supervisors with the support of the mayor.
CNBC (28.09.2015) Americans who will reach retirement age over the next two decades rely too heavily on Social Security when estimating future income, and many believe they are reasonably well versed on the countless and complex options available for claiming benefits.
Bloomberg View (17.09.2015) People with relatively little education and comparatively low earnings don't live as long as those with higher levels of education and income. That much has been known for some time. But it turns out that this gap is widening significantly, and is starting to have big effects on Social Security, Medicare and other programs.
