[New York Times] No topic is more important than Social Security to the well-being of today’s older voters — and younger workers who will come to rely on the program. Nearly all Americans pay into the program and can expect to receive a benefit. It is the largest retirement income source for a majority of …

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President Donald J. Trump with (clockwise from left) Ms.Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Secretary Tom Price, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Vice President Mike Pence on March 14, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House. Image: Flickr Creative Commons | https://flic.kr/p/U3Tp7r [Vox] President Donald …

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Image: Scott Lewis via Flickr Creative Commons, https://flic.kr/p/qZzNYX [Forbes.com] It's a journalism cliche that reporters always highlight the bad: they never write about the planes that don't crash or the companies that don't lie and cheat. But the topic of working into old age seems to be one of the most consistent exceptions. Most every …

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