Benefits and Social Insurance

This site provides statistics which include, employee benefits statistics easily located by selecting A-Z index upper right hand corner on upper blue bar running horizontally across the home page. Many other types of relevant statistics are available and can be chosen from the home page or through this same index.

The federal agency, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, charged with administering the federal health-care benefit programs Medicare and Medicaid.

"The Congressional Research Service is the research arm of Congress and produces valuable reports on public policy topics."

"The United States government’s principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves." Overseer of Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs.

A Department of Labor subsite, where you will find the text of laws and regulations, FAQ’s, government guides for consumers and businesses.

A "project of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ Center for Economic Documents Digitization (CEDD), which seeks to preserve the nation's economic history through digitization. "

The GAO is known as “the investigative arm of Congress” and “the Congressional Watchdog”. GAO supports the Congress, provides oversight of federal programs, and publishes research reports on diverse public policy topics.

See "Tax Information for Retirement Plans Community", (http://www.irs.gov/retirement/), for rules and regulations concerning pension plans.

Part of the Centers for Disease Control, the Center’s reports also include information on health insurance.

State employment and labor statistics, state laws, career information.

The source for all regulations (or rulemakings) issued by U.S. Government agencies. It includes regulations that are open for public comment (i.e., proposed) and closed for comment (i.e., final). This site also includes other non-rulemaking documents, such as Federal agency notices, supporting materials, public comments, and Federal agency guidance and adjudications.

This official website of the U.S. Social Security Administration contains extensive information on the America’s Social Security programs, including the history and future of Social Security, legislation and congressional affairs, popular Social Security Services and other useful links such as, Medicare outreach and policy, research and statistics.

The major source for U.S. population and housing statistics, derived from the decennial population census and more current surveys. U.S. business and industry are profiled by the economic census, taken every 5 years. See below for links to specific areas of the census.

U.S. government's official web portal.