Showing posts with label Social Security Disability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Security Disability. Show all posts

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Social Security disability program to go bust in 2016

The Social Security disability program will run out of money in late 2016, a report issued Wednesday by the Social Security and Medicare trustees warned.
At that point, the 10.9 million beneficiaries of the program face an immediate 19 percent cut in benefits, unless Congress intervenes.
The combined trust fund for the retirement and disability programs is projected to run out by 2034, a slight improvement from last year's estimate.
The trust fund for Medicare hospital insurance will be depleted by 2030, unchanged from last year.
The new figures were published Wednesday as part of the annual update on the programs' finances from the Social Security and Medicare trustees.
Federal retirement programs face long-term fiscal problems largely because of demographics. Demographers expect that the number of retirees claiming Social Security benefits will rise from less than 50 million today to 71 million by the time the baby boomers are done retiring in 2029. The ranks of Medicare beneficiaries will grow from 56 million to 80 million.
The more immediate deadline, however, relates to the disability program, which provides income security for disabled workers, widows and widowers, and children.
Disability payments could be assured if Congress were to shift incoming payroll tax revenues in between the retirement and disability trust funds, as it has done in the past. President Obama supports such a change. Congressional Republicans, however, have said that they are not interested in redirecting revenues to the disability trust fund without addressing the underlying fiscal problems.
The Social Security retirement program, on the other hand, is set to see its trust fund exhausted in 2035, one year later than previously estimated. At that point, it would only be able to pay 77 percent of scheduled benefits.

Monday, July 20, 2015

TRANSGENDER OREGON RESIDENT COLLECTED SOCIAL SECURITY UNDER MALE AND FEMALE NAMES

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon resident who transitioned to a woman more than three decades ago continued collecting Social Security disability checks under her male identity, fraudulently raking in $250,000.

Court records show Richelle McDonald was born Richard McDonald in 1945. In 1974, Richard claimed disability because he was unable to work after suffering a serious arm injury when hit by a San Francisco bus.
McDonald in the 1970s also applied for a separate Social Security number under the name Richelle. She worked under that name from the early 1980s until 2012 while continuing to collect disability payments as Richard.
McDonald pleaded guilty to Social Security fraud in December and was sentenced Monday to eight months of home confinement. She must also pay restitution.
The 70-year-old apologized in court.
Via: Breitbart
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