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Reduced Benefits: SSA to Cut Workforce

by | March 7, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

If you thought the Social Security Administration (SSA) was struggling in recent years to handle its workload it will come as a nasty surprise to learn that the new regime have decided that the solution is to reduce the number of workers at the agency. Sadly enough,...
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SSA’s Acting Chief Resigns

by | February 21, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

It was no great surprise to learn in the days after the 2024 election that the commissioner of the Social Security Administration, former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley, stepped down from his position in readiness for the in-coming lunacy of the Trump...
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2025’s 1619(b) Figures Announced!

by | February 21, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Continued Medicaid Eligibility under Section 1619(b) of the Social Security Act is the crucial work incentive that allows those on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to continue to remain eligible for Medical Assistance even if their earned income has caused their SSI...
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Federal Poverty Levels for 2025 Announced

by | January 31, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently published the Federal Poverty Levels (FPL) for this year. There’s a slight increase, as is usually the case. To be on the very verge of poverty (100% of FPL) as the federal government has determined, an...
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Supermarket Weep: USDA’s 2025 Food Stamp Allotments

by | January 17, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

If there might be an advantage to conducting business that runs on a financial year of October to September it is that annual changes can be made without an unsuspecting clientele even being aware. This surely is the case for the US Department of Agriculture who...
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Medicare Premiums to Rise in 2025

by | November 27, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

It was a couple of weeks ago now, but the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the 2025 premium figures. It doesn't make for particularly happy reading as they're up again. The standard Medicare Part B premium will increase $10.30 a month on this...
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SSA’s 2025 COLA Figures Announced!

by | October 23, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

2025’s Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) was recently published and there are some modest increases across the board. This year that means benefits are up 2.5%. In terms of how that looks to SSI recipients, it means that the Federal Benefit Rate (FBR) will rise to $967...
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Meet the Boss: Social Security Commissioner Now on Social Media

by | September 27, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

In another step to making the Social Security Administration at least appear more amenable to its customers, the agency yesterday announced that its commissioner, erstwhile Maryland governor Martin O’Malley, can now be followed on a couple of social media platforms....
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What Do You Know?: SSA Looks to Support Teachers

by | September 13, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Perhaps in recognition of the fact that the rules around Social Security are plentiful and resolutely recondite the agency has taken advantage of the new school year to reach out to teachers and encourage them to educate their charges on the basics of SSA benefits....
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Social Security Announces Positive Changes to Signature Requirements

by | September 6, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

On this day when Social Security has been experiencing a significant IT issue that has impacted pretty much everything you can do on-line here's a bit of good news from the beleaguered agency itself. Below is the press release from just yesterday, when all their...
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