The Inflation Reduction Act and Medicare

Senior Benefit Services, a senior insurance organization, recently released a report on the potential changes that the Inflation Reduction Act is expected to bring to Medicare in 2025. There are a number of changes that affect costs for Medicare Part D recipients....

League of Women Voters Webinar for Voters with Disabilities

On September 21, 2024, at 9 am, the League of Women Voters will be holding a statewide webinar over Zoom detailing general Missouri voting information, specific voter information for voters with disabilities, and, if time permitting, plain language descriptions of the...

Funding a Special Needs Trust for a Child with Disabilities

The Special Needs Alliance, a special needs advocacy group, has released a new article advising parents on how to fund a third-party special needs trust for their disabled children. A special needs trust is a type of trust that holds funds to help a person with...

New Social Security Overpayment Policies

The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently announced new policies for recovering overpayments. If Social Security makes an overpayment to a beneficiary, they are legally required to recover the amount of the overpayment. If an overpayment took place over years,...

Housing Unaffordable for SSI Recipients

A new study by TAC, a nonprofit housing and disability advocacy group, has found that housing is unaffordable anywhere in the country for individual SSI beneficiaries. In 2024, SSI benefits are capped at $943 per month for individuals. This equals a mere 17.5 percent...