Social Security Funding
The latest news and developments affecting Social Security funding, and how legislative moves may help or hurt the program.
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By Staff WriterOak Street Funding L.L.C. is setting up a free, Web-based service for people who want to buy and sell insurance agencies.Oak Street, Carmel, Ind., a ...
August 01, 2006
Still Hammering AwayMembers of Congress are still hashing through a compromise bill on pension reform, and completed, the final bill may also include a provision on abolishing...
December 13, 2005
Union To Support Defined Benefit Plan ProposalSponsors of a major pension reform bill have reached an agreement with the United Auto Workers. [@@]U.S. House Education & the Workforce Committee Chairman ...
November 10, 2005
Aon Analyst Sees Wobbly Pension PictureThe total pension funding shortfall at big U.S. companies has been varying widely this year and could be much higher at the end of ...
November 09, 2005
House Panel OKs Pension BillThe U.S. House Ways and Means Committee voted 23-17 Wednesday to approve a major pension system reform bill.[@@]The bill, H.R. 2830, already has been ...
September 23, 2005
Employer Group Attacks PBGC Funding FiguresThe Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. has overstated its deficit in ways that could cause problems for defined benefit plan sponsors and participants, according to ...
September 14, 2005
CBO Director Has No Magic Pill For MedicareOne of the leading sources of answers in Washington says he has no quick and easy solutions for the problems that face Medicare and ...
September 14, 2005
Feds Decline To Expand Katrina Sponsor ReliefThe U.S. Treasury Department says there are limits on how generous it will be toward employers that want to use Hurricane Katrina as an ...