by Charlie Hollins | Jan 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently published the Federal Poverty Levels (FPL) for this year. There’s a slight increase, as would be expected. To be on the very verge of poverty (100% of FPL) as the federal government has determined, an...
by Charlie Hollins | Jan 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
While the Federal Minimum Wage languishes forlornly at base camp, clinging to the feeble figure of $7.25 an hour, the noble Maryland Minimum Wage has been making a steady ascent over the past decade or so and has now reached its targeted peak. From January 1 this year...
by Charlie Hollins | Dec 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Below is an illustration of the fact that tastes may change but some sentiments remain the same. This mouse and lobster combination was a genuine Christmas card from the 1880s when the concept of the card was yet inchoate. There’s no current understanding now why the...
by Charlie Hollins | Dec 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
In June 2022 we delightedly reported the scrapping of income and resource limits for the hugely popular Medicaid Buy-in program and work incentive Employed Individuals with Disabilities (EID). Eight short months later we learned that the tight-fisted hands at the...
by Charlie Hollins | Dec 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
A provision of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act is due to come into being effective January 1, 2024, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently put out a reminder. From next year there will no longer be a Partial Extra Help category for Part D...
