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WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A new wellness initiative will help local firefighters get yearly cancer screenings and receive preventative care for other job-related health risks.
The program, announced Thursday, is called Protect Wichita Firefighters and is a partnership between the Wichita Fire Department and Ascension Via Christi. The Kansas Health Foundation is also supporting the initiative by donating $150,000.
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The Act ends the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). These provisions reduced or eliminated the Social Security benefits of over 3.2 million people who receive a pension based on work that was not covered by Social Security (a "non-covered pension") because they did not pay Social Security taxes. This law increases Social Security benefits for certain types of workers, including some:
teachers, firefighters, and police officers in many states;
federal employees covered by the Civil Service Retirement System; and
people whose work had been covered by a foreign social security system.
Learn more below about the steps the Social Security Administration (SSA) is taking to implement the law.
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The Act ends the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). These provisions reduced or eliminated the Social Security benefits of over 3.2 million people who receive a pension based on work that was not covered by Social Security (a "non-covered pension") because they did not pay Social Security taxes. This law increases Social Security benefits for certain types of workers, including some: teachers, firefighters, and police officers in many states; federal employees covered by the Civil Service Retirement System; and people whose work had been covered by a foreign social security system. Learn more below about the steps the Social Security Administration (SSA) is taking to implement the law.
