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<title><![CDATA[FACT CHECK: 2-year freeze in Social Security benefits follows biggest boost in 27 years]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/10/13/fact-check-pain-cola-freeze-702820517/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Seniors will remain ahead of the inflation curve despite a second straight year without an increase in their Social Security benefits.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[When Social Security Is Taxed]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/05/16/when-social-security-is-taxed?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 16 May 2005 06:40:27 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This week, Gail discusses the matter of workers’ compensation, which can be taxed when it "looks" like Social Security.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FACT CHECK: How much pain from COLA freeze?]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/10/13/fact-check-pain-cola-freeze/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Seniors will remain ahead of the inflation curve despite a second straight year without an increase in their Social Security benefits.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Let Seniors Get Off the Sinking Medicare Ship]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/story/2004/04/07/let-seniors-get-off-sinking-medicare-ship?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 07 Apr 2004 19:12:16 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Congress must restore seniors' right to pay for private health care if they want to.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Handy ways to estimate your Social Security, Medicare benefits]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/02/06/handy-ways-to-estimate-your-social-security-medicare-benefits/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New inflation measure would reduce Social Security benefit increases, raise taxes]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/07/new-formula-would-reduce-social-security-increases/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Just as 55 million Social Security recipients are about to get their first benefit increase in three years, Congress is looking at reducing future raises by adopting a new measure of inflation t...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gov't: Inflation too low to merit increase in Social Security benefits for 2011]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/10/14/govt-increase-social-security-year/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Another year without an increase in Social Security retirement and disability benefits is creating a political backlash that has President Barack Obama and Democrats pushing to give a $250 bonus...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[No Cost of Living Hike to Social Security Next Year]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/15/cost-living-hike-social-security-year-834705209/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Social Security Administration said Friday that inflation is too low to raise monthly entitlement levels next year.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Social Security Recipients to Receive 3.6 Percent Increase, First Since 2009]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/19/social-security-recipients-to-receive-36-percent-increase-first-since-200/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some 55 million Social Security recipients will get a 3.6 percent increase in benefits next year, their first raise since 2009, the government announced Wednesday. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Social Security Disability Program In Danger]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://video.foxnews.com/v/952672864001/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 May 2011 19:08:55 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[FBN’s Gerri Willis on the dire financial situation facing the Social Security Disability Insurance Program.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Unable to find work, unemployed turn to reduced Social Security checks early to stay afloat]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/08/unable-work-unemployed-turn-reduced-social-security-checks-early-stay-afloat/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Paul Skidmore's office is shuttered, his job gone, his 18-month job search fruitless and his unemployment benefits exhausted. So at 63, he plans to file this week for Social Security benefits, t...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Senate report: Quarter of Social Security disability benefits improperly awarded]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/17/senate-report-about-25-percent-social-security-disability-benefits-improperly/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Social Security Administration improperly awarded disability benefits in more than 25 percent of cases examined between 2006 and 2010, according to a new Senate report -- potentially costing taxpayers millions of dollars.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Immigration bill would increase Social Security trust fund]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/08/immigration-bill-would-increase-social-security-trust-fund/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 May 2013 16:42:16 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A bipartisan immigration bill pending in the Senate would strengthen the Social Security trust fund by adding millions of workers to tax rolls, and provide a boost to the overall economy, according to an analysis Wednesday by the Social Security Administration.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Social Security to Hand Out First Raises Since '09]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/18/social-security-to-hand-out-first-raises-since-0/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Social Security recipients will get a raise in January -- their first increase in benefits since 2009. It's expected to be about 3.5 percent.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Social Security Checks Could Be Delayed Without Debt-Ceiling Deal]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/07/13/report-backs-obama-warning-that-social-security-checks-at-risk-in-debt-crisis/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[President Obama's stark warning that Social Security payments may not go out next month is a choice the administration has to make, but entitlement benefits could be withheld if the cash flow dries up over an impasse in Washington on raising the debt ceiling.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Laid off workers, aging baby boomers push Social Security disability to verge of insolvency]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/21/social-security-disability-on-verge-insolvency/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Laid-off workers and aging baby boomers are flooding Social Security's disability program with benefit claims, pushing the financially strapped system toward the brink of insolvency. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Laid off workers, aging baby boomers push Social Security disability to verge of insolvency]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/22/social-security-disability-on-verge-insolvency/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Laid-off workers and aging baby boomers are flooding Social Security's disability program with benefit claims, pushing the financially strapped system toward the brink of insolvency. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is Walden right about Obama and cuts to Social Security and Medicare?]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/04/12/is-walden-right-about-obama-and-cuts-to-social-security-and-medicare/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:15:22 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rep. Greg Walden right about the damage to seniors by the president’s budget proposals to change how benefits are rewarded under Social Security and Medicare?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[No injuries in Arizona Social Security office blast]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/30/no-injuries-in-arizona-social-security-office-blast/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:30:54 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Authorities are investigating a small explosion that happened at the back entrance of a Social Security Administration office in a small town about 50 miles south of Phoenix.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CBO: Obama budget track would cut deficit $1.1T by 2023]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/17/cbo-obama-budget-track-would-cut-deficit-11t-by-2023/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 18:19:05 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's budget would trim projected federal deficits by $1.1 trillion over the coming decade, using nearly $6 in higher revenues for every $1 in reduced spending to achieve it, Congress' nonpartisan budget analyst said Friday.]]></description>
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