Under the new tax law, people whose student loan debt is discharged due to disability will no longer be taxed on the discharged income, potentially saving them tens of thousands of dollars.
On March 7, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) introduced a bill that would dramatically increase the amount of money that Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries can earn and save, and that would eliminate penalties for applicants who...
Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) introduced the Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2013, a bill that would allow people with disabilities to create first-party special needs trusts to hold their assets without interfering with their access to Supplemental Security Income...
In striking down a key part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the Supreme Court has made it easier for same-sex married couples to access certain types of disability benefits. However, the ruling is not all good...
The president of a medical bill management firm offers helpful hints on managing medical bills and health insurance claims paperwork.
After only 100 days of deliberations, the National Commission on Long-Term Care has released its recommendations for improving long-term care for people with disabilities and seniors but failed to include virtually any comprehensive suggestions for revising the nation's long-term care...
People with disabilities and senior citizens will receive a 1.5 percent increase in their Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits in 2014, an even smaller cost of living adjustment than last year's 1.7 percent.
A recently unveiled whistleblower lawsuit alleges that a prominent Kentucky disability lawyer illegally colluded with a federal disability judge to approve his clients' cases and reap the millions in attorney's fees that came with them.
