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Need Financial Planning Assistance? CASH Can Help
The CASH Campaign of Maryland (Creating Assets, Savings and Hope) is a new program that has been set up to assist Maryland residents with modest means to work towards financial security. As part of that initiative CASH has been promoting its free Financial Planning...
1619b Threshold Figures for 2019 Already Announced!
Having had to wait until nearly halfway through 2018 for last year's figures, this year Social Security has been able to publish their threshold amounts for the 1619b provision with a certain degree of punctuality. Although there's no guarantee that the threshold will...
2019 Federal Poverty Level Guidelines are In!
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has just published the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) guideline figures for this year. These figures, which as would be expected have increased from 2018, are used to determine eligibility for Medical Assistance through...
The Closed Period: Benefits for Disabilities Past
When you apply for benefits you are effectively saying that you have a disability that is expected to last for at least a year. Most applicants will expect that the disability will last considerably longer than that but there is the option to receive benefits to cover...
Shining a Light on Black Lung Benefits
The Federal Black Lung Program, which has been around since 1969, provides benefits to miners who contracted pneumoconiosis whilst working in coalmines and who have since become unable to work due to their condition. Coalworkers’ Pneumoconiosis (CWP), which is another...