In December Congress passed, and President Biden signed, the Social Security Fairness Act, which will raise Social Security benefits for nearly 3 million Americans. The new law repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision Offset and the Government Pension Offset. These 2 laws coordinated and offset Social Security benefits for recipients of government pensions for federal, state…
We already knew Social Security benefits were rising 2.5% due to the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). We now know Medicare premiums will increase, as well, cutting into the increase for most recipients. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the part B premium for most recipients will increase by $10.30 from $174.70…
Summer 2021 Newsletter STILL STANDING…AND PRACTICING I published the first issue of Social Security & You in Spring of 1993. Some years I’ve published more issues than others. The most recent issue was dated Spring 2019: over 2 years ago. The world was a much different place then. Especially for me. Read the full newsletter…
Spring 2019 Newsletter An Opioid Story I’ve changed his name. Let’s call him Gerald. He was a laborer. And by that I don’t mean that he just did physical work. He was a card-carrying member the Labor’s Union local. And that meant a lot to him. I represented him for Social Security disability and Michigan…
For years I have dealt with clients who have been denied or cut-off Medicaid by the Michigan Dept. of Human Services, seemingly without reason. Without access to medical care Social Security Claimants here in Michigan cannot prove their cases.
But over the past 90 days I am amazed at how many clients have been approved for Medicaid by the Michigan Dept. of Human Services. The expansion promised through the Affordable Care Act appears to be real.
And even better news. I had a Michigan resident who is a Workers’ Compensation client apply for, and get approved for, health insurance with a subsidy, on the Affordable Health Care website….in one day. This client’s doctor only disabled her through mid-November and her case was going nowhere. In addition to healthcare, this client now has a fighting chance in prevailing in her Michigan Workers’ Compensation case.