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Change of Plan: Transferring State Benefits When You Move
Well, you can't. There is actually no provision for a simple transfer of any state-regulated benefit such as SNAP (aka Food Stamps) or Medical Assistance. Each state has their own eligibility rules and regulations so if you should up sticks and move to another state,...
An Extra Serving: Maryland Food Bank and CSFP Helping Seniors in Baltimore
The Commodity Supplement Food Program (CSFP) is a federally run program that helps low-income seniors around the country by providing them with monthly food packages. In Maryland the program is known as “My Groceries to Go!” and is administered by the Maryland Food...
SSA’s 2023 COLAs Announced!
The new figures are in for 2023's Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA), and as many had predicted there has been another significant leap. The new COLA dwarfs even last year's notable 5.9% and comes in at a staggering 8.7% increase. In terms of how that looks to SSI...
Some Medicare Part B Start Dates to Change in 2023
It has been announced that starting in January 2023 there will be some slight but positive modifications to the start dates for those enrolling in Medicare Part B. At the moment someone who signs up for Medicare Part B in the last three months of the seven- month...
CMS Announces 2023 Medicare Premiums
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently published the 2023 Medicare premium and deductible costs and there's a modicum of good news for anyone who's paying the Part B premium. This year's basic Part B premium, a record-high $170.10, will be...