Social Security Law
Social Security Disability Insurance in the Red
Social Security Disability Insurance faces a major crisis: funds are depleting and cuts have to be made. The growth of SSDI was not an over night thing. It’s been increasing for decades now. Only now is when anyone has been taking notice. But is it too late? Unemployment issues have also seen an increase in…
Read MoreWhat Does Obamacare Offer Retirees?
Senior Citizens – and many retirees already benefiting from Social Security Retirement – come October 1st will be quickly enrolling for Medicare. But, hey, what happens if you’re already a retiree on Medicare? What does the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, mean to you? Matthew Eyles, executive vice president of a healthcare consulting and…
Read MoreSocial Security Disability Insurance Runs Out in 2016
2035 is the year officials have targeted as the end of Social Security. This means that it’s time for decisions to be made. But 2016 is the year they must set their eyes on and quick: Social Security Disability Insurance is in the red. Both SSDI and Old-Age & Survivors (OAS) share a funding source:…
Read MoreLabor Unions Against the Affordable Care Act
Labor Unions are in panic mode. Why? They have poked into the Affordable care Act and don’t like what they have learned: to keep the “redistributional” medical care the Department of Health and Human Services will distribute delays or waivers from Obamacare. What this means is that it only allows treatments that are “affordable” to…
Read MoreFederal Health Reform Soon in Effect
With sources depleting the federal health reform (aka the Affordable Care Act) will be going into full force come January 1st. What that entails is the expansion of the Medi-Cal program to appease more than a million low-income California citizens who haven’t had access to medical care. The issue here is that there aren’t enough…
Read MoreMedical Supply Business Owner Caught in Medicare Scheme
A man who had been submitting fraudulent $2.6 million Medicare scheme involving power wheelchairs and other equipment has pleaded guilty in federal court. Akinola Afolabi, the former owner of a medical equipment supply company in Long Beach, had been submitting false insurance claims on behalf of his company between 2006 and 2009. Medicare paid out…
Read MoreSocial Security Scam in Puerto Rico Jails 70+
A two-year fraud investigation has turned up with results: over 70 people in Puerto Rico have been busted for distributing fake Social Security disability payments. Among the perpetrators are three doctors, an ex Social Security Admin employee and seventy-one people who made phony medical claims. More than $2 million dollars is what these folks will…
Read MoreSocial Security Disability Insurance Depleting
The Social Security retirement fund is drying like a once-flourishing well. By 2035 for folks to see some sort of pension, benefits have to be sliced. But just a few years from now… 2016, to be exact… congress needs to start looking at Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). If you’ve lost income, SSDI is there…
Read MoreThe Social Security Disability Insurance Scare
The Social Security Disability Insurance fund is depleting and many are wondering what they’re going to do when they’re left high and dry. As an example, Matthew Rini of Harwood Heights in Illinois, is a disabled man who is about survive via his job as a Chicago tour guide and via the $400 allowance he’s…
Read MoreAlternative Ways of Sharing Identity Information
The Better Business Bureau is finally taking reality into consideration and suggesting businesses, schools and health providers find a better way of identifying employees, students and patients. With Social Security fraud at all time highs the BBS advices folks who are being asked for their Social Security numbers by the above identities to inquire under…
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