On May 7, 2025 Frank Bisignano was sworn in as the new Social Security Commissioner. Mr. Bisignano comes from Fiserv, a leading global payments and financial tech company, where he served as Chairman & CEO.
Social Security is introducing a way for my Social Security account holders to access their number & card, digitally, so it is not necessary to carry around their Social Security card. Beginning this summer it will be possible to access the number in a secure manner for purposes other than dealing with the Social Security…
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…
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…
The Social Security Administration announced this fall the cost of living increase for recipients of Social Security Retirement, Survivors & Disability Insurance Benefits (RSDI) as well as Supplemental Security Income Benefits (SSI), is 1.5%.
Individual SSI recipients will receive $721 per month. The SSI benefit for 2013 was $710. Couples on SSI will receive $1,028.
The maximum monthly RSDI benefit will be $2,642 while the average benefit for a retired worker will be $1,294 and the average benefit for a retired couple will be $2,111.
The average monthly RSDI benefit for a disabled worker will be $1,148.
As outlined in the fall 2013 issue of Social Security Disability & You, there is a proposal to alter the formula used to calculate the annual COLA increase in benefits.