Oct 28, 2025 | News
From AARP – By Deirdre Shesgreen – Social Security beneficiaries will get a 2.8 percent increase in their monthly payments for 2026, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced on Oct. 24. The 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is slightly higher than last...
Oct 21, 2025 | News
From the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) – By PRNewswire – The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the Special Needs Alliance, the nation’s leading organizations specifically dedicated to planning for individuals with disabilities, their...
Oct 14, 2025 | News
From WCMH-NBC4i.com — By Ava Boldizar— COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A disability advocacy organization has sued the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health, accusing the agency of withholding records tied to alleged abuse and neglect at its facilities, including one in which...
Oct 7, 2025 | News
From ABCNews.com — By Mary Kekatos — Hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are informing some Medicare patients that they will be unable to schedule telehealth appointments due to the federal government shutdown. As of Oct. 1, Medicare’s pandemic-era...
Sep 30, 2025 | News
From ConsumerAffairs.com — By Mark Huffman — Medicare Part B premiums are expected to rise again in 2026 and that’s bad news for millions of seniors. It would likely further strain household budgets already under pressure from rising costs of living. Senior advocates...
Sep 24, 2025 | News
From Kiplinger — By Daniel Bortz — Estate planning mistakes can derail your plans to protect your family’s financial future. Learning the basics of estate planning benefits everyone — it’s about empowering the people you trust the most to handle your...
Sep 16, 2025 | News
Inflation ticked up in August, but analysts still predict a modest bump in benefits From AARP — By Deirdre Shesgreen — Social Security recipients now have the second of three data points that will determine their cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2026. A key gauge...
Sep 9, 2025 | News
Seeing cuts to care for military could dissuade recruitments efforts as well, former Surgeon General of the Navy says From the Ohio Capital Journal — By Susan Tebben — Military veterans in Ohio could suffer from the cuts to Medicaid in the federal budget bill signed...
Sep 3, 2025 | News
From VAntage Point, the official blog of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs — After Sept. 30, 2025, Veterans will have two secure options to sign in to VA.gov and VA mobile apps ― a Login.gov account or ID.me account. Most Veterans have already made the...
Aug 26, 2025 | News
From Disability Scoop — By Michelle Diament — Recent moves by federal lawmakers are set to enhance and expand access to special accounts that allow people with disabilities to save money without jeopardizing Medicaid and other government benefits. Tucked...
