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Homelessness among older people is on the rise, driven by inflation and the housing crunch

COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. — On a recent rainy afternoon in this small town just outside Glacier National Park, Lisa Beaty and Kim Hilton were preparing to sell most of their belongings before moving out of their three-bedroom, two-bathroom rental home.

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People with long COVID face barriers to government disability benefits

When Josephine Cabrera Taveras was infected with COVID-19 in spring 2020, she didn’t anticipate that the virus would knock her out of work for two years and put her family at risk for eviction.

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More older Americans become homeless as inflation rises and housing costs spike

In Montana and across the nation, homeless shelters report the worrisome trend that seniors are a growing proportion of their residents.

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New payment set to replace Carer’s Allowance next year will offer 'improved service' for all claimants

People caring for more than one person will receive an extra £520 payment each year under new proposals.

Daily Record

COUNTERPOINT: No to eliminating (or raising) the Social Security Tax

I oppose the proposed elimination in 2023 of the $160,200 cap on earnings subject to the payroll tax rate of 12.4 percent paid to Social Security.

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POINT: Social Security’s future is a question of values, not affordability

Social Security is conservatively financed and managed. It has no borrowing authority and cannot deficit-spend. To ensure that all benefits can be paid in full and on time, Social Security’s Board of Trustees reports to Congress annually, projecting the program's income and outgo over three-quarters of a century. That is…

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Tories slash incomes of poorest Scots by 16% over last ten years

Rishi Sunak is under increasing pressure to commit to raising all benefits - including the state pension - in line with inflation.

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Scottish benefits agency reveals annual payments – and warns of 'difficult' times ahead

SCOTLAND’S devolved benefits agency made payments totalling more than £160 million last year, as its boss has warned the next 12 months will be…

The National (Scotland)

Benefits should rise in line with inflation, Holyrood committee says

A HOLYROOD committee has called on the Scottish Government to increase benefits in line with inflation.

The National (Scotland)

Eye on unfinished agenda, Biden delivers a ‘closing argument’ in Maryland hours before decisive flurry of midterm voting

BOWIE, Md. — President Joe Biden delivered a closing argument at Bowie State University on the eve of the midterm elections, promoting the candidacy of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore and instructing Americans that democracy is at risk because of election deniers and other threats.

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Medicare phone scammers want to slash your benefits and leave you with fewer in-network providers

You answer the phone and you’re greeted by a weird tone, followed by a few seconds of silence.

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Scott sees ‘52-plus’ GOP Senate seats, says watch New Hampshire

ATHENS, Ga. — The man in charge of electing more Republican senators says to watch what happens in New Hampshire for the first sign of how election night will go.

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US voters fret about democracy, polarization before election

American voters are fractured politically and culturally ahead of Election Day, and they are anxious about where their country is heading — on inflation, abortion, immigration, crime, and much more

The Independent UK

Scottish Greens admit no price tag attached to their Universal Basic Income policy

Patrick Harvie believes UBI should be central to an independent Scotland, but said details would come later.

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Commentary: Being single is getting more expensive than ever

It took 16 months to pay off my husband’s student loans after we got married. It’s a feat that he couldn't have accomplished as a single person. There wouldn’t have been enough time in a day to work a full-time job and a side hustle, and handle the tedious tasks…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: GOP hopes inflation will help them win. So they should say how they'd fix it

Recent polls show, as they often tend to, that Americans trust Republicans more than Democrats on economic issues — this despite decades of evidence that GOP economic stewardship has been worse for all but the richest Americans and more prone to increase the deficit. The political mileage the party is…

Roll Call

Scott sees '52-plus' GOP Senate seats, says watch NH

NRSC Chairman Rick Scott of Florida says Republicans could have 52-plus seats in the Senate after the election.

Salon

Scott blasted for Social Security plot

"Why put seniors through that?" Chuck Todd asked during a segment of Meet the Press

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‘Watered down’ legal concerns included in robodebt briefing for Scott Morrison, inquiry hears

Earlier document warned proposed debt recovery measures would have ‘fundamental impacts on social security policy and legislation’, royal commission told

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Crossed-out phrase in a brief for Scott Morrison 'watered down' seriousness of potential Robodebt legal issues, inquiry hears

Warnings about legal and policy problems with the proposed Robodebt scheme were "watered down" in a brief being prepared for then social services minister Scott Morrison, according to evidence given to the Robodebt royal commission.

Daily Record

Disabled children, carers and struggling parents had valid benefit claims rejected by Social Security Scotland

EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of applications had to be overturned by an agency under the control of the SNP-led Government

WEKU

Presidents Biden, Obama and Trump appeal to midterm voters at Pennsylvania rallies

Three of the six living presidents delivered dire closing messages Saturday in battleground Pennsylvania entering the final weekend of the 2022 midterm elections.

The Independent UK

Trump says US 'in decline'; Biden has his own dire warning

Former President Donald Trump is predicting America’s destruction if his fellow Republicans don’t deliver a massive electoral wave on Tuesday

Los Angeles Times

In closing campaign pitches, Democrats lean on their star: Obama

PHILADELPHIA — On Saturday, with just days left to campaign ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections, three presidents converged on Pennsylvania in a last-ditch effort to lock down a must-win Senate race for their parties.

Chicago Tribune

As Democrats sweat GOP surge, politicians led by Biden fan out across Illinois in campaign season’s final weekend

CHICAGO — Politicians fanned out across the state on the final weekend of the 2022 general election campaign, led by President Joe Biden who spoke in Joliet on Saturday amid concerns that a Republican surge on Election Day could cost Democrats control of both Illinois’ political agenda and Congress.

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