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Monthly Archives: October 2012
GoDirect, DirectExpress, and Countdown Clocks
Question: What happens on March 1, 2013? Answer: “Paper or plastic?” stops being a valid question for payment of federal benefits. What’s that you say? By March 1, 2013, anyone receiving federal benefits (Social Security, VA, etc.) must switch over … Continue reading
COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment) and Social Security 2013
Social Security benefits and SSI (Supplement Security Income) benefits will increase 1.7 percent starting January, 2013 [SSI payments will increase starting December 31, 2012]. This affects about 64 million people nationwide.
SOCIAL SECURITY AND THE 47% OR IS IT 50%?
This is what I know: no mother whispers into her child’s cradle to her sleeping infant, or to her cooing baby, in her arms, “When you grow up, you’re going to be disabled and go on Social Security.” This is … Continue reading
Posted in Social Security Disability Musings
Tagged ALJ, disability, Judges, social security disability
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WHAT IS THE “DATE LAST INSURED”? WHAT IS DLI?
One of the issues that comes up quite frequently in Social Security Disability, and is probably the most confusing for clients, is the “Date Last Insured”; in Social Security-speak, the DLI. Clients come in with a letter from Social Security … Continue reading
Posted in Social Security Disability ABC's
Tagged Date Last Insured, disability, DLI, social security disability
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