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Social Security disability recipients will see an increase in benefit levels for 2021, although the rise will be the smallest in years, due to the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 [...]

With the presidential election only a few weeks away, it is important for voters to know the candidates’ positions on issues like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. 

The U.S. Supreme Court's terse order halting the census count more than two weeks early  could result in the undercounting of people with disabilities and less funding of services like [...]

A nonpartisan federal agency has called on the government to end a program that explicitly permits employers to pay hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities less than $1 an hour.

The Social Security Administration has announced a 1.3 percent increase in benefits in 2021, an increase even smaller than last year’s. 

The rules around required minimum distributions from retirement accounts are confusing, and it’s easy to slip up. Fortunately, if you do make a mistake, there are steps you can take to fix the [...]

For the past two months, the very real possibility has loomed that the collection of census data would end early, resulting in the undercounting of people with disabilities and less funding [...]

New York was the only state that didn’t have a look-back period for Medicaid home care, but that is now changing. New York Medicaid applicants will no longer be eligible for home care if they [...]

Terminating a special needs trust is not as simple as merely writing a check to the remainder beneficiaries and calling it a day. There are several key considerations and requirements to keep [...]

Medicare beneficiaries who qualified for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage may be eligible for an additional 100 days of coverage.  Whether beneficiaries can actually get the extended [...]