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It looks like the new Social Security Commissioner, Martin O’Malley, is really taking charge. A number of changes have been implemented in the several weeks Commissioner O’Malley has been on the job. Among the most meaningful is decreasing the default overpayment withholding rate to 10% (or $10, whichever is greater) from 100%. This will significantly…
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Social Security uses what is called the “fee agreement process” to pay representatives who help Claimants. For those signing an appropriate fee agreement Social Security will approve the agreement and pay the representative up to 25% of a retroactive fee. Since November 2022 that retroactive fee could not exceed $7,200. Sometime this fall the cap…
2+ weeks ago
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Summer 2021 Newsletter STILL STANDING…AND PRACTICING I published the first issue of Social Security & You in Spring of 1993. Some years I’ve published more issues than others. The most recent issue was dated Spring 2019: over 2 years ago. The world was a much different place then. Especially for me. Read the full newsletter…
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Spring 2019 Newsletter An Opioid Story I’ve changed his name. Let’s call him Gerald. He was a laborer. And by that I don’t mean that he just did physical work. He was a card-carrying member the Labor’s Union local. And that meant a lot to him. I represented him for Social Security disability and Michigan…
4+ years ago
WELCOME TO MY BLOG!
Welcome to my blog! I’ve published my written newsletter, Social Security & You, since 1993. Sometimes quarterly, sometimes semi-annually, SS&Y was designed to keep interested persons up to date on changes at the Social Security Administration. This could include changes in benefits, changes in procedures at the Office of Disability Adjudication & Review, and political changes.
I’ve also focused on medical & health issues, topics of interest to persons on fixed incomes, such as the disabled and retired, and features such as identification and fraud. The front page of SS&Y contains my column, A Message From Attorney Crawforth. Written in the first person, this column has given me a chance to address many topics and express my opinion. On a few occasions others have written an opinion piece of their own.
This blog is a logical extension of the column. Shorter, more topical and more frequent is the goal. I’ve got a list of topics and will be looking for more. Look forward to reading about healthcare fraud, the attempt to repeal Obamacare, medical marijuana, and more on the column topic in my spring 2011 edition, the lack of political will to make the changes needed to preserve Social Security and Medicare.
And I’ll end each blog with the most popular part of my newsletter: a medical study that is interesting but may be either intuitive, counter-intuitive, head scratching or just down-right crazy. For instance…
The United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a study focusing on the largely southeastern U.S. states that make up the “diabetes belt”. 12% of the population of these states have diabetes, as opposed to 8% in the rest of the country. The residents of these states are more likely to be obese and inactive. The populations are holder and have more African-Americans, who have higher rates of diabetes than the population at large. There are cultural, food and healthcare factors too, according to the CDCP.
The states with are rates of diabetes are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas Virginia, West Virginia & Mississippi.
Call today if you have questions about the Michigan Social Security Disability Attorney and Lawyer Services provided by William Crawforth.
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