Seniors to receive $250 stimulus check in May

[sabra]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) — An estimated 50 million Social Security recipients
will receive their one-time $250 economic stimulus check in May — several
weeks ahead of schedule, Vice President Joe Biden announced Thursday.

Biden also announced the distribution of $3.2 billion in new funding for
state and local energy efficiency programs from the Department of Energy.

The checks to Social Security recipients, worth a total of $13 billion,
“will make a big difference in the lives of older Americans and people with
disabilities - many of whom have been hit especially hard by the economic
crisis that has swept across the country,” Biden said in a written statement.

The energy efficiency funds will come in the form of “formula grants for
projects that reduce total energy use and fossil fuel emissions,” according to
a separate White House statement.

Read more: http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/26/seniors-to-receive-250-stimulus-check-in-may/

[kestrel91316]

1. That $250 will go, in most cases, directly to Big Pharma.

Or credit card companies.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

2. true...because that's were mine is going

[kiranon]

3. Agree. It's often whether to eat or pay for medicine. n/t

[Lugnut]

4. I need new glasses.

My Medicare supplement has vision coverage but glasses aren't free. I'll be using my $250 to pay for them.

[sorefeet]

6. glasses

zenni optical on line get your prescription and order a pair I pay $70.00 for bi-focals 13.00 for prescription sunglasses tales 2 weeks keck of a deal

[No Elephants]

15. Wow! Good find. thanks And welcome to DU.

[Hepburn]

16. Thank you for the info~~

...glasses are soooooooooo expensive!

[diamidue]

17. Wow. Thanks for the link! n/t

[Lugnut]

20. A question....

Are yours no-line bifocals?

I'll be taking a look a Zenni. Thank you!

[Justitia]

8. Bingo! My disabled son desperately needs new glasses, this will do it. -eom

[woofless]

11. Mine will bypass the pharmacy

and go straight to the "herbalist".

[PassingFair]

5. Will any other Americans ACTUALLY be getting a check?

Or is it all jobs stimulus and tax breaks?

Anybody know?

[marybourg]

9. Those who get a paycheck should already be seeing it in

a smaller amount withheld.

[DollyM]

18. unless you don't have a paycheck coming in!

We ran out of unemployment and haven't been able to find jobs so this isn't going to help us.

[marybourg]

19. I hope you'll be getting one soon! nt.

[closeupready]

10. I don't know either - someone asked me yesterday, and I can't recall hearing such talk this time.

So, probably not.

[katmondoo]

7. Do we have to fill out a tax form to get this?

I won't fill out any form that in the future could be used against me. I could use the money but will not lose what little I have left of my privacy.

[Old Codger]

12. No forms necessary

If you receive a social security check now you will receive the $250.00 in the same manner, if you have direct deposit that is how it will come, if you receive a check in the mail that is how it will come to you...You do not have to do anything more,it is all automatic.


http://www.socialsecurity.gov/payment/

[DJ13]

13. Being on disability myself, I would rather they had

....... readjusted the monthly benefit amount by increasing it by 5%.

SS recipients have been getting the shaft since the late 80's when the government tinkered with the CPI index to make inflation look lower than it really has been.

[hedgehog]

14. Did I mention that my mamma loves Obama?