Medicare 2024 Premium Announcement – costs set to increase in the new year
Ahead of Medicare’s Annual Election Period (AEP), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have announced the 2024 Medicare Part A and Part B premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance amounts, as well as the income-related monthly adjustment amounts of...
Social Security announces a 3.2% increase in benefits for 2024
Earlier today, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced a 3.2% Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for all Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries. While the 3.2% is significantly lower than last year’s historic 8.7% COLA...
2023 Compassionate Allowances list — Twelve conditions added
Earlier today, Acting Social Security Commissioner Dr. Kilolo Kijakazi announced the addition of twelve conditions to the Social Security Administration (SSA)’s Compassionate Allowances conditions list. Created in 2008, the Compassionate Allowances program (CAL)...
Social Security hiring push hopes to improve customer service
Over the past few years, Social Security has made a clear effort to become more transparent and connect with a broader spectrum of clients. One of the ways Social Security hopes to do this is through its new audio series, SSA Talks. In the inaugural episode, Dr....