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Over 55, Working and Blind? Here’s an SSDI Rule Just For You
Individuals who are blind have been treated with special consideration by Social Security since the creation of the disability program in 1954. If someone meets the statutory blindness criteria, has limited work history, income and resources they will qualify for SSI...
2022 COLA Predicted And It’s Looking Good!
Although we have just over seven months of this year left to go a popular and widely respected business forecasting publisher has turned its attentions to Social Security and the likely Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2022. The Kiplinger Letter recently published...
Property Essential to Self Support (PESS): The Forgotten SSI Work Incentive
The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) countable resource limit hasn't increased a dollar since the original Ghostbusters topped the box office and Daley Thompson won the decathlon at the Los Angeles Olympics (1984 in case you're wondering). It's resolutely stuck at...
SSA Overpayments? Go On-line to Pay Them Off
Included in a newly updated Social Security publication on overpayments was a two-line addition recording a new option for paying the agency back. Yes, you can now clear your debt on-line by going here https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/834689469 Once there you'll...
Spotlight on Homelessness and Social Security
Yvonne Perret, the Maryland-based founder of the SSI/SSDI Outreach Access and Recovery (SOAR) program recently published a blog on Social Security's website that is well worth the read. The blog shares some factual insights into the challenges faced by homeless...