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	<title>National Senior Citizens Law Center &#187; Social Security</title>
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		<title>Table Helps Calculate Medicaid Eligibility Under Pickle Amendment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(11/15/12) The Social Security Administration recently announced its cost of living adjustment for Social Security and SSI benefits effective January 1. This adjustment affects the calculation of Pickle Amendment eligibility for Medicaid in 2013. This paper and the tables contained &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/table-helps-calculate-medicaid-eligibility-under-pickle-amendment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Benefits Restored Because of Clark v. Astrue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the efforts of NSCLC, class members in the Clark v. Astrue case who lost their Medicare Part B benefits when their Social Security benefits were stopped and they could no longer pay the premium will be able to have &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/medicare-benefits-restored-because-of-clark-v-astrue/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Statement: Happy Birthday to Social Security</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NSCLC Helps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In observing this anniversary, we need to celebrate the critical role played by Social Security in enabling older Americans and workers who become disabled to live independently and not be a burden to their offspring.  We also need to be &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Policy Issue Brief: Does the Social Security COLA Need to be Changed?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NSCLC Helps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(7/24/12) As policymakers debate changing the cost of living adjustment, NSCLC recommends a switch to the CPI-E as the basis for calculating the COLA for Social Security, veterans and other federal benefits. Read the brief.]]></description>
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		<title>NSCLC Supports Rebuild America Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a letter to Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chair of the Committee on Health, Education , Labor and Pensions, NSCLC strongly endorsed the Rebuild America Act.  NSCLC praised the Act’s inclusion of a provision that ensures that beneficiaries who receive &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/nsclc-supports-rebuild-america-act/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Treasury Rules Governing Garnishment of Directly Deposited Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Effective May 1, 2011, rules went into effect governing garnishment from accounts into which certain exempt federal benefits are directly deposited.  The new rules are designed to assure the account holder of uninterrupted access to at two months worth of &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/treasury-rules-governing-garnishment-of-directly-deposited-benefits/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Increasing the Social Security Retirement Age Cuts Benefits and Drives Up Administrative Costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This policy Issue Brief discusses the serious long-term negative impact of increasing the Social Security retirement age. Read the Issue Brief: Increasing the Social Security Retirement Age Cuts Benefits and Drives Up Administrative Costs.]]></description>
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		<title>Social Security &amp; Federal Checks Must Be Direct Deposited</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With some exceptions, if someone applies for federal benefits on or after May 1, 2011, they must receive all checks through direct deposit from now on. The Department of the Treasury has promulgated a final regulation [75 Fed. Reg. 80315 &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/social-security-federal-checks-must-be-direct-deposited/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What is Direct Express?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DIRECT EXPRESS DEBIT CARDS Since 2008, people receiving Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits who do not have a bank account have had the option of receiving benefits in the form of a prepaid debit card instead of &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/what-is-direct-express/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Social Security Cuts Would Hurt Low-Income Older Adults</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statement of Paul Nathanson National Senior Citizens Law Center SOCIAL SECURITY CUTS WOULD HURT LOW INCOME OLDER ADULTS WASHINGTON &#8211;The National Senior Citizens Law Center is concerned that proposals contained in the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform report to &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/social-security-cuts-would-hurt-low-income-older-adults/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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