The US Government Reclaimed $713 Million from SS Benefits Paid Out in 2016

Under certain circumstances, the government can seize part of your Social Security check to satisfy unpaid debts, including overdue federal taxes and delinquent federal student...

What will happen to Grandma and Grandpa currently in the nursing home under the proposed budget cuts?

Currently, Medicaid pays for about two-thirds of the 1.4 million elderly people in nursing homes. The Legislative Branch is currently debating the dramatic cuts to...

President Trump’s Budget Request includes $72 Billion in SS Cuts

The entire 2018 Budget Proposal, “A New Foundation for American Greatness.” Proposes to cut Federal spending by $3.6 Trillion over the next 10 years. Most...

Social Security Is Not Going to Sustain You In Your Golden Years

The first US Disability Program was the Civil War Pension program which began during the civil war in 1862. It provided benefits for soldiers with...

It’s getting harder to get Disability.

In 2016, for the first time in nearly 30 years, the number of Americans receiving Social Security disability payments declined. The 8.89 million people receiving...

President Trump Causing increase in SSA Wait Time

President Donald Trump’s federal hiring freeze will exacerbate the backlog of cases waiting to be heard for Social Security Disability. There are currently around 1,650...

2017 SSA Changes

COLA or Cost of Living Adjustments are meant to keep benefits on track with inflation rates. The 2017 COLA adjustment is .3%.

Changes to How SSA Examines Mental Disabilities

As of January 17, 2017, SSA is updating their criteria for determining whether or not someone is disabled due to a mental or emotional impairment....

2034 and 2023 – Important Years to keep in mind for all current and future SS Beneficiaries.

For years and years people have been claiming that Disability and SS Retirement are going to end. They are actually separate funds, but at times,...

Choosing Between waiting for Disability or Food Stamps

Earlier this year, the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the program that oversees Food Stamps, found that the economy is improving enough to stop extending...

SS Disability and Gun Control

SSA has issued a Notice of Proposed rule which would prohibit any individual from owning a gun if they have been adjudicated as, “a mental...

Student Loan Discharge

Depending, upon your student loan/lender, when you are found disabled by SSA, your loans may be forgiven. Some, but not all lenders will do this...