by Charlie Hollins | Apr 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
On these pages back at the tail end of 2017 we let you know about POD (Promoting Opportunity Demonstration). POD was a new demonstration project that Social Security was implementing to see how a different set of work incentives might change outcomes for working SSDI...
by Charlie Hollins | Apr 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Social Security were in the practice of publishing an annual version of their highly comprehensive guide to work incentives for those on SSDI and SSI but, like a disused KN95 mask, it appears to have fallen by the wayside. SSA’s Red Book webpage shows the last full...
by Charlie Hollins | Apr 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Social Security have announced the date and topic of their next National Disability Forum. The focus will be “Aspects of Childhood Disability and Childhood SSI” and is set for 1pm on April 19. In keeping with the times it’s going to be a virtual meeting held...
by Charlie Hollins | Mar 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
Food stamp fraud has recently become so prevalent In Maryland, with a reported 2,366 households having had money stolen from their Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) accounts in the past 6 months, that the Department of Human Services (DHS) has created a simple way for...
by Charlie Hollins | Mar 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
The non-profit legal advocacy organization, Justice in Aging, recently uncovered a small but positive change in the eligibility criteria for those requesting a waiver of the dreaded Social Security benefit overpayment. The change entails the expansion of margin of...
by Charlie Hollins | Mar 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) was expressly developed to provide health care to all its citizens from ‘cradle to grave’. While there remains no such plan in the United States there is some limited provision of care that does indeed extend beyond...
