by Charlie Hollins | Mar 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
In what has become an annual event, Social Security has instituted a Slam the Scam Day to bring awareness to the public of the insidious practice of scamming. This illegal activity involves individuals pretending to be from the SSA contacting beneficiaries and...
by Charlie Hollins | Feb 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
There is the common apprehension for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries that the loss of the benefit will lead to the loss of Medical Assistance coverage that, in Maryland amongst the majority of states, comes as part of the package. In many situations...
by Charlie Hollins | Feb 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
We’re closing in on tax season once more and that can pose quite a number of questions and concerns for all of us. We at MDBCN are not tax professionals but we can point you in the right direction. We’ve tracked down a very helpful site that will give you...
by Charlie Hollins | Feb 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
Jake Pickle was a US Representative of the 10th District of Texas between 1963 and his retirement in 1995. A Democrat, he voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, ’65 and ’68. In 1983 he worked on increasing the full retirement age for Social Security, a...
by Charlie Hollins | Feb 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
The new year’s updates have all been completed and we’re settling into another year. We’ve had the good news about the Social Security COLAs and the bad news about the Medicare Part B premiums; the Federal Poverty Level is up again, and Social Security said they were...
by Charlie Hollins | Jan 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), still more commonly known as food stamps, has an annual maximum allotment depending on the size of the household. The figures for 2022 came into place back in October 2021 as the US Department of Agriculture works...
