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Qualifying for Social Security Disability Benefits

Qualifying for Social Security Disability Benefits (courtesy of Outreach Team at Disability Help – Eric Minghella) If you or someone you love has a disability, financial assistance may be available. The Social Security Administration (SSA) offers monthly disability benefits for people in need. Social Security disability benefits are available for people...

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Social Security Expands Online Services

The Social Security Administration has expanded its online service with a my Social Security account, a personalized online account that people can use beginning in their working years and continuing throughout the time they receive Social Security benefits.åÊåÊ More than 60 million Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)...

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When Will Social Security and Medicare Run Out?

The latest versions of the annual Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports were recently released and funding reserves for the overall Social Security program is now expected to run out of money in 2033 — three years earlier than trustees expected last year. The retirement part of the program will...

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Social Security – What You Need to Know

“It is among the most popular and important social programs in America, yet many Americans have only a vague idea about how it works. What nearly every American knows is that it’s in trouble.” A good article in the Chicago Tribune spells things out.

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