social security

Republicans and Democrats in Massachusetts are faulting President Barack Obama for proposing changes that would trim Social Security and Medicare benefits.

Congressman and Democratic senatorial candidate Stephen Lynch says the income cap on Social Security contributions should be raised at a faster pace to help keep the retirement system solvent.

President Obama is citing steady progress after the "grueling" recession.  In the annual State of the Union address, the President said there is still much work to do to prompt a more robust recovery.

Let's be blunt here, as a nation, we are in debt and struggling financially. That's nothing new, but here is something that is!

Providence-based Women and Infants Hospital is alerting patients from Providence and New Bedford that some records containing personal information have gone missing. In a statement, the hospital states unencrypted backup tapes containing ultrasound images, patient names and in some cases social security numbers went missing from the hospital's two ambulatory sites in Providence and New Bedford...