Mobility Corner Archive - Benefits and Funding Category
Here is an archive of information and resources to assist with Government benefits and other funding sources.
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January 27, 2009
Supersize Social Security
Categories:Seniors, Benefits and Funding
Life doesn't allow many do overs, especially when it comes to financial planning. Most of us simply save and invest as best we can and hope that in retirement we run out of time before we run out of money.
Until recently, financial planners tended to treat Social Security benefits as the arthritic component of a retirement plan: a predictable, if feeble, income stream with limited range of motion.
But between ages 62 and 70, you can bust three surprising Social Security dance moves -- the reset, the file and suspend, and the restricted application -- which can significantly expand your planning options and supersize your benefits. (...)
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January 13, 2009
Improved Web Tool for Maintaining, Sharing Health History Released by Surgeon General
Categories:Benefits and Funding
A new “updated and improved” version of the U.S. Surgeon General’s Internet-based family health history tool was launched today by the Department of Health & Human Services. The latest version makes it easier for consumers to assemble and share family health history information. It is also designed to help caregivers better use the data for better care. (...)
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December 1, 2008
Fast track for disability benefits
Categories:Disability, Benefits and Funding
SSA recently initiated Compassionate Allowances, a fast-track benefit-approval program for people with certain medical conditions. Initially, 25 rare diseases and 25 forms of cancer are on the list, and more conditions will be added later. For individuals who meet one of the Compassionate Allowances criteria, disability determination could change from years to as short as a week, SSA officials say. (...)
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November 18, 2008
Vast Majority of Senior Citizens Do Not Understand Donut Hole in Medicare Drug Program
Categories:Seniors, Benefits and Funding
If you are still confused about the coverage gap – or donut hole – in the Medicare Part D drug program, don’t feel dumb or alone. Nearly two-thirds of senior citizens covered by the program don’t understand it, although, it is a key part of the program and can lead to devastating unexpected drug costs. (...)
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October 16, 2008
Social Security Benefits Rising by 5.8%
Categories:Seniors, Benefits and Funding
Social Security checks are going up $63 a month for the typical retiree -- the largest increase in more than a quarter century but likely to seem puny to the millions who have been watching in horror as Wall Street lays waste to their retirement nest eggs. (...)
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September 4, 2008
Roll-Out of Direct Express Debit Card for Social Security Recipients Reaches West Coast
Categories:Seniors, Benefits and Funding
The check is in the mail – your Social Security check, that is. But for nearly two million recipients in a dozen Western states it may be about their last to be delivered by the postal service. Since June, the U.S. Treasury has been rolling out the Direct Express Debit MasterCard card as a new way for senior citizens and other recipients to receive their benefits.
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September 9, 2008
Social Security Q&A
Categories:Seniors, Benefits and Funding
Q. When should I start planning my retirement?
A. It’s never too early to start planning your retirement. Social Security has a new Retirement Estimator online at www. socialsecurity. gov / estimator. This important tool will help you estimate your future Social Security retirement benefits. (...)
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July 6, 2008
Bigger Social Security raise in sight for seniors
Categories:Seniors, Benefits and Funding
Link:http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/chi-ym-
inflation-0706jul06,0,3289716.story
June 10, 2008
Social Security checks now offer debit card option
Categories:Seniors, Benefits and Funding
Link: http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/retirement/
2008-06-09-ss-debitcards_N.htm
May 7, 2008
Baby Boomers Still Misunderstand Disability Income
Categories:Seniors, Disability, Benefits and Funding
Link: http://www.ohsonline.com/articles/62408/
April 6, 2008
Disabled often wait years for Social Security payment
Categories:Disability, Benefits and Funding
Link: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/
DN-disability_06bus.ART0.State.Edition1.463e97a.html
February 1, 2008
VA Awards Contract for Disability Benefits Studies
Categories: Disability, Benefits and Funding
Link: http://media-newswire.com/release_1059882.html
January 7, 2008
Social Security and You: Trial period lets you work while on disability
Categories: Benefits and Funding
Link: http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/stories/
MYSA111907.4R.socialsecurity.1ecafe6.html
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