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Social Security: Estimate for 2023 COLA Pushes Into Double Digits After Latest Inflation Report

'...If that happens, it will be the first time the COLA has reached double digits since it hit 11.2% in 1982, according to the Social Security Administration. This year’s COLA of 5.9% is the highest since 1981. As recently as last year the COLA was only 1.3%. If inflation runs “hot” — or higher than the recent average — the 2023 COLA could be 11.4%, said Mary Johnson, the Senior Citizens League’s Social Security and Medicare policy analyst. That would be the second-highest COLA since the SSA began ...'

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Immigration crisis: Illegal border crossings into US hit record highs

'...Border authorities registered more than 239,000 encounters in May, as a growing number of migrants from Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, as well as Russia and Ukraine, sought to enter the country...'

Reference: english.elpais.com
Tags: Illegal Immigration,border crisis 2022,Biden Legacy,

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Health benefits -- New law creates Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program for employees, others

'...The Postal Service reform legislation that President Biden signed into law on April 6 will involve changes to employees’ health and retirement benefits. USPS understands that employees have many questions, so here are a few things...'

Reference: NPMHU Local 317
Tags: Postal Service reform legislation, Biden Legacy, Health Benefits, Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB),

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Social Security Telephone Problems Affecting Customer Service

'...Unfortunately, you may get a busy signal or unintentionally disconnected from your call while you are speaking with or are on hold for a representative...'

Reference: www.ssa.gov
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Disclosures Show Dr. Fauci’s Household Made $1.7 Million In 2020, Including Income, Royalties, Travel Perks And Investment Gains

'...The financial disclosures contain a wealth of previously unknown information. For example, the Fauci household’s net worth exceeds $10.4 million...'

Reference: www.forbes.com
Tags: Dr. Fauci

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Postal Service Reform Act of 2022, H.R. 3076 Passes Senate

'...The Postal Service Reform Act repeals the burdensome 2006 mandate for the USPS to prefund its retiree healthcare benefits and aligns retiree healthcare with the best practices in the private sector that lower premiums for NPMHU members and our fellow postal employees as well as safeguarding benefits. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the legislation will save the federal government over $1.5 billion over the next ten years. ...'

Reference: npmhu317.blogspot.com
Tags: Postal News,Postal Service Reform Act of 2022, H.R. 3076,

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The forgotten aging population. If you have already served your purpose you are useless in the eyes of the Biden administration. Postal service, federal retirees and everyone on social security left out of Biden monetary increases as inflation takes a heavy toll and erodes what little they have to survive on.

Biden to propose 4.6 percent pay raise for federal employees, the biggest hike in 20 years

'...WASHINGTON — Federal employees and military service members would receive average raises of 4.6 percent next January under...'

Reference: www.msn.com
Tags: The forgotten many, Social Security, Destruction of the elderly, Creating more inflation,

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Black and Brown federal contract workers get pay raises, thanks to Biden executive order

'...Black and Brown employees of federal contractors are expected to see as much as $3,500 per year in pay increases due to a Biden Administration executive order that took effect on Sunday. Many federal contractors who...'

Reference: yahoo.com
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$15 Increase! Amazon is raising the price of Prime to $139 per year

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Amazon is raising the price of Prime to $139 per year

'...The company can't blame the hike on financial hardship, at least. Amazon's net profit jumped nearly 57 percent in 2021 to $33.4 billion — the lingering COVID-19 pandemic has been good for Amazon's core shopping business....'

Reference: yahoo.com
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No More Surprise Medical Bills: 5 Things To Know about the No Surprises Act Taking Effect

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  No More Surprise Medical Bills: 5 Things To Know about the No Surprises Act Taking Effect in 2022

New Year. New Law. Beginning January 1, 2022, new federal protections will shield millions of consumers from surprise medical bills. Surprise medical bills – unexpected bills from an out-of-network provider, out-of-network facility or out-of-network air ambulance provider – is common among those with private insurance. Nearly one in five patients who go to the emergency room, have an elective surgery, or give birth in a hospital receive surprise bills, with average costs ranging from $750 to $2,600 per episode. Learn about how the No Surprises Act can protect you from surprise medical billing. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Reference: https://www.hhs.gov/

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Federal Employees' Retirement System: Summary of Recent Trends (Updated Jan. 10, 2020)

'...This report describes recent trends in the characteristics of annuitants and current employees covered by the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) as well as the financial status of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund (CSRDF). ...'

Reference: www.everycrsreport.com
Tags: Federal employee stats

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