Blog Posts in 2015

After months of debate by lawmakers over the future of Social Security Disability Insurance program, the program has been restored with funds that ...

In report last month from the Social Security trustees, officials confirmed what many economists, lawmakers, and advocates have been predicting for ...

While so many of us unable to work are able to benefit for Social Security Disability benefits, not all who apply for them—and truly need them—receive ...

According to a report from the agency's inspector general, Social Security has overpaid disability benefits recipients by $17 billion over the last ...

When they won a majority in congress during the 2014 mid-term elections, Republicans almost immediately went to work to attack the Social Security ...

Some individuals receiving Social Security benefits must pay federal income taxes. The tax is computed only if you have substantial income. That ...

In 2013, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reported that it had a staggering 600,000 veteran benefits claims backlogged, waiting to be seen ...

The Veterans Choice Act was authorized by Congress to address the health care access issues faced by Veterans. The Act authorized a fund to operate ...

VA Secretary Bob McDonald is under fire as the scandals continue. CBS reports that widows of veterans have not been assisted with burial expenses, nor ...