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“Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Return to Work Act” Introduced
A bill designed to modernize the SSDI program has been introduced in Congress by French Hill (AR-02), while Sen. Tom Cotton (AR) and Sen. Mike Lee (UT) introduced companion legislation in the Senate. Read more about these proposed acts here… Notice: The…
Toward a Better Understanding of Survivor Benefits
Investment News contributing editor and certified financial planner Mary Beth Franklin, in an article posted on www.investmentnews.com, takes a look at the options available to widows and widowers as they develop their strategies for collecting Social Security benefits. Check out…
Medicare’s Efforts To Curb Backlog Of Appeals Not Sufficient, GAO Reports
(By Susan Jaffe for Kaiser Health News) Despite interventions by Medicare officials, the number of appeals from health care providers and patients challenging denied claims continues to spiral, increasing the backlog of cases and delaying many decisions well beyond the…
Federal and State Agencies Watching Patient Groups
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. attorneys for both Southern District of New York and Massachusetts have stepped up their oversight of patient groups’ relationships with pharmaceutical companies advising the groups of possible violation of…
Millennials’ New Way of Working
Millennials have been criticized for their working habits as they enter in to their career building life. Recently they have been criticized for their tendency to jump from one job to the next rather quickly. This is becoming the new…
Shaping Social Security Arguments
Journalists know how to spin a story. With how hot a topic Social Security is at the moment many are clamoring to put out the next big story. The problem isn’t in the information that is put out, it is…
Some Social Security Clarification
There has been much discussion surrounding Social Security recently, much of it on very negative aspects. We have all heard about the insolvency problem facing Social Security within the next couple decades. While this problem is very real and needs…
The Ever Increasing Retirement Age
More and more Americans are finding themselves working well past full retirement age. Many working late in to their 70s when they physically can’t work any longer because they simply cannot afford to retire. Those nearing retirement are among the…
Savings and Investment Solutions for People with Disabilities (STABLE) Now Active in Ohio
The State of Ohio this week became the first state to make the Savings and Investment Solutions for People with Disabilities(STABLE) available to disabled residents, allowing them to accumulate savings without jeopardizing benefits. It’s part of the Achieving a Better Life Experience…
Crackdown on Medicare Ambulance Fraud Producing Results, HHS Reports
Southeast Pennsylvania has been a focal point for Health and Human Services in the rooting out of fraudulent ambulance billing. In a post by www.philly.comStaff Writer Harold Brubaker, the results of investigative efforts over the past two years are reviewed. Read…