Friday, November 6, 2026
SSA's Fee Schedule (for outside party requests)
Outside parties (like employers, insurers, courts, and background screeners) are typically assessed administrative fees by SSA; here's a recent update to...
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Incoming Ways & Means Chair Neal: Hearings on Social Security set to be a "top priority"
The incoming chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Richard E. Neal, will assume the center of the search...
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Taxable Maximum Changes Likely to Draw New Attention
With the U.S. Congress’s change in control, the popular “lifting the cap” on taxable wages is likely to be back in...
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Friday, November 6, 2026
The Iran War's Affect on Social Security's Future: Yes, They Are Now Related.
Voter fallout related to the Iran war helped fuel a dramatic shift in the 2024 mid-term elections. The resulting composition of...
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Medicare-Negotiated Prices for 15 More Drugs, Including Ozempic, Take Effect Jan. 1
Negotiated Medicare prices for 15 more Part D drugs, including Ozempic, Rybelsus and Wegovy, take effect Jan. 1, 2027, bringing the...
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Thursday, November 5, 2026
More Dialog on the Employer Compensation Tax in the Wake of Mid-Term results
As Democratic control of Congress emerges, the focus on tax-related solutions to Social Security's insolvency problem is likely to increase. The...
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Social Security's Massive "Record Clean-up"
The Social Security Administration recently announced progress on correcting nearly 50 million records (about 15% of all active Social Security numbers)....
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Taxation of Social Security benefits--A confusing subject these days
Understanding the process of taxing--or not taxing--Social Security benefits is a somewhat confusing matter, especially after the OBBBA changes of last...
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Where is Social Security on the priority list?
Yesterday’s Unleash Prosperity Hotline (#1634) included survey results from Morning Consult, a global decision intelligence and AI company that provides real-time...
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