The Social Security Administration announced good news last week to people currently receiving government benefits. In a move to comply with the recent U.S. Supreme Court’s decision regarding same-sex couples, the administration has announced that it has started processing the first same-sex-couple benefit requests. While this only appears to be applying to retirement benefits at […]
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Backlog for VA disability claims on the decline nationwide
Posted on August 16th, 2013 by Jeff Rabin
Whether you’re an advocate of supporting military veterans or not, there is no denying that a person disabled while in service of their country deserves to receive benefits. But as some of our readers here in Illinois know, this has not been happening for some veterans for more than a year because of a backlog […]
Despite promising data, Medicare trust still in trouble
Posted on July 31st, 2013 by Jeff Rabin
Because we have talked about it so many times before on this blog, many of our more frequent readers are quite aware of the trouble facing the Social Security Administration’s trust funds than other residents across Illinois. As some of you already know, the rise in the number of baby boomers who need Medicare assistance […]
Social Security Board of Trustees explains future of benefits
Posted on June 7th, 2013 by Jeffrey Rabin
Ever since the fiscal cliff, the nation’s eyes have been firmly set on the Social Security Administration and on whether the agency could staunch the flow of money from important government programs such as Social Security Disability and Supplemental Security Income. And while recent media outlets have been providing the nation with a bleak forecast […]
Government looks into Medicare fraud by medical device companies
Posted on May 24th, 2013 by Jeffrey Rabin
Residents here in Illinois have probably heard about Medicare fraud at least once in their lives. And while most people assume that it’s the beneficiaries of benefits that are abusing the system, a new investigation, conducted by the Senate Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight, may have discovered where the real fraud is being committed. […]
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