Getting rid of student loan debt is no easy task for anyone, but consider the possibility of a worker becoming unable to work due to a medical impairment and having no way to make payments without steady income, something that has happened to millions of Americans. Discharging student loan debt is possible, not easy, but… Read more »
Blog
The Latest With Social Secuirty
We realize it may be a stretch for ordinary people to want to keep up with the comings and goings of the Social Security Administration, but sometimes circumstances permit where someone does want to follow the latest news regarding the agency due to a possible retirement or disability interest. This blog is an ongoing piecemeal… Read more »
SSI And The Marriage Penalty
Each year Social Security beneficiaries brace for the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in the fall to find out what sort of increase in benefits they will receive the following year. Married couples who both receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) already know that their combined benefit amount will be less than two individuals in the same… Read more »
Who Decides If You Are Disabled?
Social Security has a strict definition of disability. That definition is “inability to do any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12… Read more »
SSI And The Marriage Penalty
Each year Social Security beneficiaries brace for the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in the fall to find out what sort of increase in benefits they will receive the following year. Married couples who both receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) already know that their combined benefit amount will be less than two individuals in the same… Read more »
Advance Designation
A term that many people are not familiar with when it comes to Social Security disability benefits is advance designation. The reason very few people are aware of advance designation is because it is a fairly new option to allow Social Security beneficiaries to choose someone to serve as their representative payee should they become… Read more »
The Latest With Social Security
We realize it may be a stretch for ordinary people to want to keep up with the comings and goings of the Social Security Administration, but sometimes circumstances permit where someone does want to follow the latest news regarding the agency due to a possible retirement or disability interest. This blog is an ongoing piecemeal… Read more »
Social Security Employee Reentry Set For March 30, 2022
We finally received some news on a definitive date in which the Social Security Administration will execute a reentry plan for employees to return to the office. This is not the end of telework for Social Security employees, but a new telework schedule will be offered to most employees. This is good news for anyone… Read more »
The Latest With Social Security
We realize it may be a stretch for ordinary people to want to keep up with the comings and goings of the Social Security Administration, but sometimes circumstances permit where someone does want to follow the latest news regarding the agency due to a possible retirement or disability interest. This blog is an ongoing piecemeal… Read more »
Many SSA Employees Appear To Be Unsatisfied With Their Jobs
A recent news story from the Federal News Network focused on the recent approach by President Joe Biden’s administration to get federal employee feedback on employee engagement, the pandemic and plans to return to the office, and equity and inclusion. Any time a survey is done there is typically some bad that comes with the… Read more »
