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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…
2+ weeks ago -
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…
a month+ ago
News
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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…
3+ years ago -
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…
5+ years ago
Congress to consider bill preventing Social Security disability recipients from drawing unemployment
For years I have dealt with clients who have applied for Social Security benefits simultaneously with applying for unemployment benefits. In Michigan you must certify every 2 weeks that are ready, willing & able to work to draw unemployment benefits. And most people seeking Social Security disability or SSI benefits must be unable to work. Obviously, there is an inconsistency there.
Some Social Security ALJs care and some don’t. There are judges who take a practical approach understanding that people do what they have to do to keep a roof over their heads. Other judges will not award Social Security or SSI benefits to a person drawing unemployment benefits.
Now that point may be moot.
A bill pending in the U.S. House of Representatives prevents persons from drawing Social Security disability or SSI benefits from drawing unemployment benefits at the same time. President Obama’s 2014 fiscal year budget contains similar language.
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