White House pressures GOP on student loan bill

White House pressures GOP on student loan bill
Democrats would force owners of many privately owned companies to pay more Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes. "They'd like to raise money in the middle of the largest recession we've had since the Great Depression on job creators," said Sen.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Social Security is rushing faster toward insolvency than earlier forecast, driven by baby boomer retirements, a weak economy and politicians' reluctance to take painful action to fix the huge retirement and disability program.
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State says life insurance benefits went unpaid on 30000 policies [The Buffalo …
The investigation by the state Department of Financial Services found that many insurers regularly received a list of recent deaths from the Social Security Administration — known as the "Death Master File" — but were not using it, …
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New website helps families collect life insurance benefits
The New York State Department of Financial Services spearheaded the investigation, finding that insurance companies receive lists of recent deaths from the Social Security Administration, but are not mandated to determine if a policy holder has died.
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