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…
A survey taken the first week in December finds that over 60% of Americans, including those here in Michigan, polled disapproved of President Obama’s handling of the Affordable Care Act roll out. And it’s not just the flawed www.healthcare.gov website that’s earning their wrath.
Nearly 50% of those with job-based or other private coverage say their plans are changing next year, despite the President’s promise they could keep their policy if they were happy with it. Michigan residents have experienced this. And 77% blame the ACA even though the trend towards skimpier policies has the norm for years.
69% of those surveyed say their premiums are increasing and 59% say deductibles and co-pays are rising.