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Social Security: An Update

…of total U.S. Public Debt. Under the law Social Security is on an equal standing with all other creditors who have lent money to the U.S. and expect to get…

Update: Real world business

…80%): $455.46 Total paid to Teleflora: $966.36 Balance of order value – costs: $8.42 Total value of orders to be filled: $614.78 That is, I had $8.42 to work with…

Here’s your Medicare Part D

…they own the house. It’s around $6500/m. He’s on a few meds. 9 to be exact. The Plan: No deductible. $2700 in total drug costs (co-pay plus plan pay) covered…

Social Security: Simple story vs. myth busting

…in terms of a Trust Fund Ratio where 100=1 year. Currently DI is projected to drop below 100 sometime in 2017 en route to a total depletion date in 2025….

What’Swap: Accounting for Financial Innovation

…be. I have no information on the history of the term and will just speculate. I assure the impatient reader that this post is not totally pointless (as far as…

Prescription drugs and Americans

…year, to a total of 110, the number of deaths influenced by the painkiller oxycodone increased by 36 percent, to a total of 1,253. Across the country, prescription drugs have…