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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...

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...

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...

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...

SSI recipients are highly likely to be fully aware that any other income other than earned income is going to reduce their SSI quite markedly. Indeed, for the most part, there is only the standard $20 General Income Exclusion (GIE) that stands in the way of a complete...