A Final Retirement Account Distribution Must Still Be Made After Death

Federal law requires that beginning on April 1 of the year after you reach age 70 1/2, you must begin withdrawing a minimum amount
from your non-Roth individual retirement account (IRA) [...]

At the doctor's office and want to know if a procedure is covered by Medicare? There is now an app for that. 

At long last, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has said how ABLE accounts will affect eligibility for Section 8 vouchers, public housing and a host of other federal [...]

It is a very good idea to create advance directives in order to plan for the possibility that you may one day be unable to make your own medical decisions. In doing so, there can be confusion [...]

A recent push by the federal government to change Medicaid’s funding structure is raising concerns among disability rights advocates that the effort will slash funding for necessary services.

Parents want their children to be taken care of after they die. But children with disabilities have increased financial and care needs, so ensuring their long-term welfare can be tricky.

Efforts by the federal government and some states to require certain Medicaid beneficiaries to work in order to maintain eligibility for benefits has run into a series of obstacles, both in [...]

A new proposal is raising fears that the Social Security Administration will start monitoring social media accounts when determining whether people are eligible for SSI and SSDI. 

Disability rights groups are suing both Uber and Lyft for failing to provide wheelchair-accessible ride-share vehicles. 

California attorney Michael Avenatti was recently charged with stealing from the settlements of clients, among them a paraplegic who was waiting for Avenatti to deposit his settlement funds [...]