Social Security Retirement Benefits and Maximum Payouts
A reader asks why neighbor benefits differ. answer notes benefits depend on lifetime earnings and age of starting benefits. It cites 2001 2004 figures and explains family maximums and credits, with references to SSA publications and helplines.
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Ssa.gov
Social Security
Elyria Baseball Team Photo Seeks ID From 1900s Era
Ruth Johns of Amherst shares a CT photo of an old Elyria shirted ballclub, seeking reader help to identify members and the year played. The note also recalls clippings from the Evening Telegram 1907 about a drunken incident aboard a Lake Shore yard engine and adenoid operations at Elyria Memorial Hospital, plus a 1923 CT animal mascot death and a 1907 Hotel Topliff Sunday dinner menu for 50 cents.
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Ruth Johns
Amherst
Elyria
Chronicle- Telegram
Ruth
Evening Telegram
John Doe
Lake Shore
Perry Fay
Frank Wilford
Wilford
Birkline
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Jones
Connie Davis
Pain scales move hospitals toward standard pain management
A patient at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center rated pain as an 8 after knee surgery, then a nurse reduced it to 2. New Joint Commission rules require regular pain assessment and management across about 5,000 hospitals and 12,000 facilities, with staff education and standardized scales.
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Washington
Elizabeth Anders
Anders
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Dennis 8. O'Leary
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Health Care Organizations
JCAHO
ICAHO
Susan Tolle
Center For Ethics In Health Care
Oregon Health Sciences University
O'Leary
Department of Veterans Affairs
Marcia Bowens
Variable annuities danger to elderly investors
A reader cites a column on variable annuities and notes losses from switching to new contracts. The NASD and SEC have fined firms for churning and high fees, with commissions up to 8 percent and annual fees near 2.5 percent. Customers often misunderstand surrender charges and non taxable Section 1035 exchanges. the piece urges filing public complaints.
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National Association of Securities Dealers
Securities Exchange Commission
NASD
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