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Technology is Helping People with Disabilities succeed in their Jobs.
By Diane Winiarski on June 3, 2024 for Forbes The benefits from advancing technology can be seen in many different areas of our lives. There is a program (Ticket to Work) for people on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) that…
Surprise! 2025 COLA Won’t Offset True Inflation
Inflation is an insidious thing – inexorably creeping prices for most everything we buy. And while there is often a lot of hoopla about how Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) are designed to help seniors keep up with inflation, the…
Social Security For Military Veterans
Fresh on the heels of this year’s Memorial Day holiday, this article by Hillary Hatch explains the Social Security Administration’s policies regarding military veterans. The article, appearing at Pioneer’s Big Rapids News website, specifically offers insight into how VA disability…
Social Media for Military & Veterans
We owe so much to those who have valiantly served in the United States armed forces, and many who serve simply aren’t aware of the plethora of resources available to them. In hopes of providing our military heroes with answers…
Early Prediction of 2025 Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA)
It’s way too early to say with any degree of certainty what next year’s COLA will be, but it’s still interesting to take a look at what might be. Inflation, of course, is the driver of any COLA increase to…
Prescription Drug Plans Cutting Coverage
Medicare – the nation’s main healthcare plan for seniors – doesn’t include coverage for prescription drugs (unless administered during a hospital stay). Although usually called “Medicare Part D,” all such plans for coverage of prescription drugs are provided by private…
Options for Restoring Social Security to Solvency
It’s certainly no secret that Social Security will be facing some serious financial difficulty in about ten years – that fact has been all over the media for a few years now. The stark reality is that reform of the…
Retirement Savings: How do yours compare to others?
Just about any article you read about retirement planning will encourage you to build your nest egg as big as you can before retiring, because Social Security alone likely won’t be enough to sustain you in your golden years. Across…
Planning For Your Retirement
” … people shouldn’t view retirement as “an endless vacation.”” Instead, they should dive into their inner selves and values,” according to this Yahoo! Finance article by Tina Nazerian. What will your retirement look like? Do you have a specific…
About Raising Social Security’s Full Retirement Age
Hyperbole and apparent political endorsement aside, this Motley Fool article by Maurie Backman identifies and tacitly endorses a controversial solution to Social Security’s financial woes – raising the full retirement age (FRA). FRA is when a claimant can get 100%…