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SSI recipients have had their benefits adjusted for years to allow for assistance from others, such as food, housing etc. No longer. The new rule eliminates food from the calculation which can reduce benefits by up to one-third.
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A recently introduced bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would change the way the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) is calculated for Social Security recipients. Currently the COLA is determined by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners (CPI-W) from the prior year. CPI-W considers the cost of food, consumer goods, housing, health…
5 days ago
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…
4+ years ago
MEDICAL POT APPROVED IN MICHIGAN FOR PTSD
Medical marijuana was approved recently for treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Michigan. Many of my Social Security disability and SSI clients here in Michigan have medical marijuana cards. This is the first time pot has approved for a mental disorder in Michigan.
Previously medical marijuana could only be prescribed for Michigan patients, including those receiving SSDI & SSI benefits, to treat conditions such as cancer, to treat chronic pain or the nausea and loss of appetite that comes with chemotherapy treatment.
Can approval for anxiety & depression be far behind for Michigan residents, including those receiving Social Security disability & SSI benefits?
Approximately 100,000 people have been granted medical marijuana cards in Michigan after receiving a prescription from their doctor.
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