1.7 percent increase coming to Social Security benefits

  With housing, food costs and other living expenses seemingly increasing all the time, individuals are often in need of financial assistance in order to cover their expenses. Millions of Americans, including many Oklahoma residents, depend in particular on receiving their Social Security benefits in order to meet their financial obligations. Recently, it was…

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Could the SSA have the backlog that tops all backlogs?

Here’s a trivia question for your Friday afternoon: What federal government agency has a backlog that is the largest in the nation? If you guessed the Veteran’s Administration, you would be wrong; even though you would be justified in guessing it. After all, there are more than 500,000 claims in flux, and waiting times…

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2015 COLA increase to be 1.7 percent

Last October, the government shutdown dominated headlines as legislators bickered over passing bills to fund the government as a way to exercise their political muscles. This year, the economy’s growth (even though a slight stock market decline has investors concerned) has tabled any discussion about funding bills. With that, the cost of living adjustment…

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ABLE Act gains momentum, will likely be approved by Congress

Despite the reported gridlock in Congress before the fall break, it appears that lawmakers have an agreement on legislation that would allow people with disabilities to save money without jeopardizing their government benefits. According to a story produced by disabilityscoop.com, the Achieving a Better Life Experience (or ABLE) Act will proceed to a vote…

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More disabled characters to be seen on television shows this fall

It will be a number of weeks before we know which new shows will survive the fall season, but one thing is clear from the outset. There will be more characters with disabilities portrayed on network shows this year compared to last year. This news comes courtesy of disabilityscoop.com, which highlighted a report produced…

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