You can stop holding your breath.
There will be no raise, and if premiums for drug coverage increase, as expected, millions of beneficiaries will see their Social Security checks reduced for the first time.
For the first time in more than three decades, Social Security recipients will not get any increase in their benefits next year, [...]
In an earlier post, I railed on and on about Methadone, and its inherent destructive nature. So, too, the drugs Enbrel,Humira, Cimzia, and Remicade to mention but just a few which are rushed through the FDA inspection and medical trials process. These drugs are primarily used to treat arthritis—-pain killers.
The FDA reviewed 240 reports [...]
The whole notion of scams designed expressly for separating a trusting individual from their money is nauseating, on its face, but especially so when the most vulnerable among us are subject to the most intense efforts on the part of the scammers. Disabled folks, or those who have recently lost a job—are particularly at risk, [...]
The incoming Democratic administration should offer the disabled community more opportunities to advance worthwhile causes, and despite the bad economy, new monies have been assigned to projects such as home repair for low income, disabled people. This project is through HUD, but there are many others.
So, some key figures have been identified (and there are [...]
Not to reflect the contrarian viewpoint from the previous article about Medicade— it still bodes well for justice to attempt to uncover why any Federal entitlement fund, as proscribed by law, is remarkably and blatantly ‘borrowed from’ by other government agencies (our Treasury), and are never paid back. Whoops. The Social Security Disability Fund is [...]
Now that Barack Obama has begun to release the almost $15B portion of the economic stimulus package to states in the form of expanded Medicaid benefits, the jump starting of the healthcare economic sector is well underway. According to the president, this includes improved healthcare access for the newly unemployed and those partially covered under [...]
I had the privilege of interviewing Kathy West – Evens from the Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation about how Voc Rehab can help you find a job, supplement your income or start a business.
Kathy shares the insights and tips accumulated from being in constant contact with 80 Vocational Rehabilitation directors around the United [...]
At times it is overwhelming to realize we live in a culture where the attempts to cure, or mitigate symptoms of an illness are often, instead, responsible for the affected person’s death. And we allow the manufacturers of these instruments of death to advertise through televised media, among others, very powerful media intended to deceive, [...]
On April 21, 2009, the Social Security Administration, through its ‘Leadership For The Employment of Americans With Disabilities’ unveiled plans to hire a good number of persons with disabilities.
As many of you may have learned, the Social Security Administration received funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Those funds, along [...]
Naturally, every one of us who is disabled likely has at least one horror story, particularly as we try and move through the Disability system designed and administered by our Federal and State governments.
A lot of folks are aware that Brian has put together a comprehensive ‘answer guide’ chock full of important information to help [...]