Tag: Social Security

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Construction and factory workers, truck drivers, and cleaning crews don’t always have the flexibility to work a few extra years to beef up their monthly Social Security checks. Several blog readers stressed this point in their comments on a recent blog article, “Changing Social Security: Who’s Affected.” Lorraine Porto retired from a desk job, but…

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Everyone knows about the dangers of opioid addiction. But prescription opioids can be useful to people with physical disabilities if they ease their pain so they can hold down a job. A new study finds that this might be occurring in certain parts of the country where more opioid prescriptions are written. But this finding…