Social Security News 6-28-12

 

Huffington Post (NAT)

Supreme Court Health Care Decision Preserves Biggest Expansion Of Coverage In 45 Years

06-28-12

Jeffrey Young

The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision to uphold President Barack Obama's health care reform law will surely influence American politics in this November's presidential election and onward. But Dawn Josephson is already feeling the effects.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/28/supreme-court-health-care-decision_n_1634217.html?utm_source=Alert-blogger

 

 

Wall Street Journal (NAT)

Cuts Could Hit 1,000 Social Security Workers

06-28-12

Damian Paletta

Social Security Administration Commissioner Michael Astrue said Wednesday his agency could be forced to lay off roughly 1,000 employees if automatic budget cuts begin in January and aren’t reversed by Congress.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/06/27/cuts-could-hit-1000-social-security-workers/

 

Forbes (NAT)

Yes, You Will Be Able to Retire Someday, Study Says

06-28-2012

Alison Griswold

“This is sort of taking a potshot at various stories you read about in the papers, which have said that people will never be able to retire or will have to work into their 80s,” said Anthony Webb, a research economist at the Center for Retirement Research and one of the study’s authors. “It’s saying don’t take seriously the scare stories.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alisongriswold/2012/06/28/yes-you-will-be-able-to-retire-someday-study-says/

 

Business Insider (NAT)

The difference between Social Security/Medicare and Medicaid under the Spending Clause, in light of the ACA opinion -

06-28-12

Staff

While the Court’s upholding the mandate is deservedly taking front stage in the media coverage, the Court’s decision to strike down a part of the Medicaid expansion may ultimately have broader jurisdprudential consequence.

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-difference-between-social-securitymedicare-and-medicaid-under-the-spending-clause-in-light-of-the-aca-opinion-2012-6

 

National Journal (NAT)

Pelosi Compares Today's Ruling to Social Security, Medicare

06-28-12

Elahe Izadi

"This politics be damned, this is about what we came to do," she said. "Anytime we want to waste time on seeing this through a prism of what does this mean in terms of the election, we undermine our purpose in coming here and acting upon our beliefs."

Pelosi said that today's ruling is as momentous as the establishment of Social Security and Medicare.

http://influencealley.nationaljournal.com/2012/06/pelosi-health-care.php

 

Yahoo! News (NAT)

Supreme Court upholds Obamacare individual mandate as a tax

06-28-12

Liz Goodwin

From the blog The Ticket: In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Supreme Court upheld his signature health care law's individual insurance mandate in a 5-4 decision, upending speculation after hostile-seeming oral arguments in March that the justices would overturn the law. The mandate has been upheld as a tax, with Chief Justice John Roberts, a Bush appointee, joining [...]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/supreme-court-issue-obamacare-decision-135554880.html

 

Legal Theory (Blog)

Evidence that the Votes Shifted After Conference (Initial Vote to Declare Mandate Unconstitutional)

06-28-12

Lawrence Solum

After a preliminary read of the opinions in the Health Care Cases (National Federation of Independent Business v. Sibelius), there seems to be substantial evidence that the initial vote in conference was to strike down the mandate as unconstitutional. The...

http://lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/2012/06/evidence-that-the-votes-shifted-after-conference-initial-vote-to-declare-mandate-unconstitutional.html

 

Fox Business (NAT)

Poor Retirement Planning Leads to Poverty for Some Seniors

06-27-12

Abe Ashton

Whether they didn’t plan for retirement or lost their money when the markets took a downturn, the hard truth is that many are struggling to make a passable living on the meager funds available with Social Security.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2012/06/27/poor-retirement-planning-leads-to-poverty-for-some-seniors/

 

AARP

From Omaha to Ecuador: Can You Live Abroad on Social Security? 

06-28-12

Beth Carpenter

This year, 2012, marks the first year since 2009 that U.S. retirees will finally see a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of +3.6 percent in their Social Security benefits.

In other words, along with suffering through a tough global economic situation, retirees who depend on Social Security endured three consecutive years without a cost-of-living raise. This was an historical event, mind you – the first time in three and a half decades that no cost-of-living increase was forthcoming.

http://blog.aarp.org/2012/06/27/from-omaha-to-ecuador-can-you-live-abroad-on-social-security/

 

Cincinnati (OH)

Know your Social Security options

06-28-12

Tom Cooney, Crystal Faulkner

My husband and I are almost 62 and wondering what options we have when it comes to Social Security benefits. Can you help? According to the U.S.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120628/BIZ/306280089/Know-your-Social-Security-options

 

Wired Enterprise (NAT)

How Social Security Rescued IBM From Death by Depression

06-27-12

Robert McMillan

Seventy five years ago this month, IBM started shipping its IBM Type 77 collators, great grey punch card-reading machines the company designed to help the brand-new U.S. Social Security Board get off the ground back in 1937. The machines may have saved IBM's bacon.

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/06/how-social-security-saved-ibm/

 

Sioux City Journal (IA)

LETTER: 'Vote wisely' this year

06-28-12

Steve Paulson

Think about this: Our government is running out of money for our Social Security and Medicare. With the new Obama health care bill, medical care can be “rationed," meaning that some government bureaucrats will decide what treatment you can have should you become ill.

http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letter-vote-wisely-this-year/article_8617a5ab-0bf0-5389-b44a-8f73e91b92b6.html

 

Washington Examiner (NAT)

Ed Rendell praises Hillary and Tom Coburn, slams Mickey Mouse

06-27-12

Jenny Rogers

"It'll surprise people because we don't agree on much," he said. "Tom was on Simpson-Bowles, voted for Simpson Bowles -- even though it meant raising revenue. And when Grover Norquist said those are tax increases and you signed a pledge, he told Grover Norquist to pound sand."

http://washingtonexaminer.com/ed-rendell-praises-hillary-and-tom-coburn-slams-mickey-mouse/article/2500792

 

The Guardian (UK)

Obama hails supreme court's healthcare ruling as a victory for America

06-28-12

Ewen MacAskill and Chris McGreal

President's election hopes receive huge boost after supreme court hands down verdict ruling individual mandate to be legal

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/28/obama-supreme-court-health-ruling-victory

 

 

Politics

 

 

The Washington Post (DC)

READ: The Supreme Court upholds the health reform law

06-28-12

Sarah Kliff

READ: The Supreme Court upholds the health reform law

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/06/28/read-the-supreme-court-upholds-the-health-reform-law/

 

The Hill (DC)

Obama initially thought his health mandate had been overturned

06-28-12

Amie Parnes

The president was watching cable news when his general counsel came into the room flashing two thumbs up. President Obama initially thought his healthcare mandate had been overturned due to erroneous reports on cable news, according to senior administration officials.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/235441-obama-initially-thought-health-mandate-had-been-overturned

 

The Hill (DC)

Before contempt vote, Boehner says 'No Justice Department is above the law'

06-28-12

Pete Kasperowicz

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) called on his House colleagues to support the contempt resolution against Attorney General Eric Holder, saying they should support it because the Obama administration has left the House no other choice

left the House no other choice. on the House floor just hours before the scheduled vote.

http://thehill.com/video/house/235459-before-contempt-vote-boehner-says-no-justice-department-is-above-the-law

 

The Hill (NAT)

Obama basks in the glow of court victory

06-28-12

Amie Parnes and Jonathan Easley        

The court reaffirmed a fundamental principle that . that no illness should lead to any family’s financial ruin, Obama said.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/235373-obama-hails-healthcare-ruling

 

The Atlantic (NAT)

The Most Important Part of Today's Health Care Ruling You Haven't Heard About  

06-28-12

Jordan Weissmann

By striking down part of Obamacare's Medicaid expansion, the court may have set the stage for new limits on federal power.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/06/the-most-important-part-of-todays-health-care-ruling-you-havent-heard-about/259134/

 

The New York Times (NAT)

Charles B. Rangel Fends Off Challengers to Win a Congressional Primary

06-28-12

Thomas Kaplan

Representative Charles B. Rangel’s victory capped a gripping campaign and preserved a career that had been threatened by ethics troubles and changing demographics.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/nyregion/rangel-wins-a-difficult-primary.html?ref=politics

 

The New York Times (NAT)

Hatch Overcomes Challenge in Republican Primary in Utah

06-26-12

Jack Healy

The six-term Republican fended off a primary challenge from a Tea Party-backed insurgent candidate on Tuesday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/us/politics/hatch-overcomes-challenge-in-republican-primary-in-utah.html?_r=1