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'Welfare' for Disabled Kids With Wealthy Parents Mar. 09, 2022
Q: I have a neighbor who is in his early 50s. He is a pilot for a major airline and makes pretty goo... Read More
More Questions About Social Security Disability Benefits Feb. 23, 2022
Q: I have been getting Social Security disability benefits since 2010. I am coming up on my 62nd bir... Read More
Repeat After Me: 'SSI Is Not Social Security' Jan. 26, 2022
If I had a million dollars, I'd buy commercial time at the upcoming Super Bowl and run an ad that sa... Read More
Seniors Who Are Disabled Dec. 01, 2021
Baby boomers (like me) aren't just getting old. Some of us are also getting frail. I'm probably a pr... Read More
Being Happy With Less Sep. 29, 2021
Every single day, I get emails from readers who seem to be absolutely obsessed with the idea of "max... Read More
Supplemental Security Income -- It Is a Welfare Program Jul. 21, 2021
This is going to be a column about the Supplemental Security Income, or SSI. In other words, it will... Read More
Social Security Disability: The Program Everyone Loves To Hate Mar. 31, 2021
I was heading into a local grocery store the other day, and I noticed a few people gathered around a... Read More
Disability Benefits Are Not Welfare Sep. 30, 2020
It never ceases to amaze me how millions of misinformed Americans think that Social Security disabil... Read More
Retirees With Disabled Children Mar. 11, 2020
Some older folks who are pushing retirement age might have a disabled minor child and wonder if that... Read More
Don't Confuse Social Security With SSI Oct. 30, 2019
Every single day, I get emails from people who will say something like this: "My wife and I are gett... Read More
SSI: the Most Misunderstood Government Program Jan. 23, 2019
This is going to be a column about that other program. What other program? Regular readers have hear... Read More
Questions About SSI Benefits Jan. 18, 2017
Q: You've written in past columns that the SSI program is not a Social Security benefit. But my sist... Read More
Please Stop Confusing SSI with Social Security Nov. 23, 2016
I sometimes feel like I should spend the first half of the column explaining to readers that the Sup... Read More
A Fact Sheet About Disability Benefits May. 21, 2014
I must be a glutton for punishment. I have written yet another fact sheet on yet another controversi... Read More
