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Social Security needs modest revenue increases and benefit cuts – not extreme borrowing. Larry Fink of BlackRock, in the Annual Chairman’s Letter to Investors, just endorsed the proposal by Senators Cassidy (R-LA) and Kaine (D-VA) to create a trust fund with borrowed funds to solve Social Security’s financing problems. This idea, which has been around…
One of the challenges of obtaining home health care for seniors is its cost, which is often beyond the means of people and their families. The cost barrier is especially true of aides hired through private home health agencies, which is often considerably more expensive than hiring an aide directly. On my Risking Old Age in…
