West Virginia Senior Services

Guests:  State Auditor Glen B. Gainer III and West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services Commissioner Sandra Vanin, Ed. D.

Commissioner Vanin and Auditor Gainer tape an interview at the 2007 Senior Expo in Charleston to speak about the new programs undertaken by the bureau this year. Projects covered during the interview include the new Lighthouse Program, FAIR (Families with Alzheimer’s In-home Respite) and the Medicare Prescription Drug Call Center.

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Guests:   US Social Securities Administration Public Affairs Specialist Robert Jeffries and WVSAO Communications Director Justin Southern.

Mr. Jefferies discusses the most frequently asked questions posed to him, with close to 414,000 West Virginia receiving monthly checks from Social Security totaling about $365 million per month. For the average worker, Social Security will replace about 43% of their pre-retirement dollars at retirement age. Later in the conversation, Mr. Jefferies discusses the present outlook for Social Security.

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