Blog
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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…
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News
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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…
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OBAMACARE UPDATE: MEDICAID EXPANSION APPEARS REAL & MICHIGAN SSI RECIPIENTS BENEFIT
For years I have dealt with clients who have been denied or cut-off Medicaid by the Michigan Dept. of Human Services, seemingly without reason. Without access to medical care Social Security Claimants here in Michigan cannot prove their cases.
But over the past 90 days I am amazed at how many clients have been approved for Medicaid by the Michigan Dept. of Human Services. The expansion promised through the Affordable Care Act appears to be real.
And even better news. I had a Michigan resident who is a Workers’ Compensation client apply for, and get approved for, health insurance with a subsidy, on the Affordable Health Care website….in one day. This client’s doctor only disabled her through mid-November and her case was going nowhere. In addition to healthcare, this client now has a fighting chance in prevailing in her Michigan Workers’ Compensation case.
Call today if you have questions about the Michigan Social Security Disability Attorney and Lawyer Services provided by William Crawforth.
To schedule an appointment call 800-864-1244 or fill out the contact form at the top of this page.
