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President Obama's push for a $250 bonus for Social Security recipients is but the latest in a series of paydays and promises the administration has showered on seniors - that politically powerful demographic that holds the keys to health care reform and, so far, is not sold on the White House plans.
The president's call last week for Congress to approve $250 checks to make up for the lack of an annual Social Security cost-of- living adjustment follows a similar payment to seniors as part of the $787 billion economic stimulus package.See the full content of this document
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Seniors Reap Aid, Still Wary of Reform
Seniors advocates say recent subsidies for COBRA health coverage and extended unemployment payments disproportionately help older, out-of-work Americans, and the health care legislation in Congress finances more prescript...
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