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Disability Benefits for Senior Citizens Mar. 08, 2023
Many older folks are asking me about getting disability benefits from Social Security. I'll offer so... Read More
More Questionable Advice From the SSA Mar. 01, 2023
I hate writing columns that are critical of some of my former colleagues who are still working for t... Read More
If You Mess Up, Don't Blame the Government Feb. 22, 2023
Sometimes people will write to me complaining that the government, specifically the Social Security ... Read More
An Unusual Morning Mailbag Feb. 15, 2023
Most mornings, I sit down at my computer and open my emails. I find many of the same questions I've ... Read More
Message to Homemakers: Building Up Your Own Social Security Might Not Be Worth It Feb. 01, 2023
I will occasionally get questions, almost always from women who spent much of their adult life as ho... Read More
Columnist Turns a Molehill Into a Mountain Jan. 25, 2023
Several readers shared with me a story that ran in many newspapers around the country headlined: "So... Read More
The Problems With Running a Disability Program Jan. 18, 2023
Several readers recently sent me copies of a news story that appeared in papers around the country. ... Read More
Happy Birthday, SSI! Nov. 16, 2022
I was playing one of my morning online word puzzles when up popped a little blurb from a senior citi... Read More
'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
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
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
You Are Not Getting SSI. You Are Getting Social Security! Mar. 17, 2021
Every single day, I get emails from readers that say things like this: "My wife and I are getting SS... 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
Crazy Ideas Feb. 05, 2020
I know everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion. But let's be honest. Sometimes a lot of those... Read More
Social Security Update for 2020 Dec. 25, 2019
It has been my custom for most of the past 23 years to write a year-end column that summarizes the S... 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
Can Senior Citizens Get Social Security Disability Insurance? Sep. 18, 2019
Maybe it's the sign of the times, but I've been getting a lot of emails recently from senior citizen... Read More
My Christmas Wish List Dec. 19, 2018
Dear Santa: I wrote you a similar letter last year. But I must have been a bad boy because you didn... Read More
Disability Benefits: One Question Leads to Another Oct. 17, 2018
Q: I don't understand. I was getting Social Security disability benefits. But I found a job that I c... Read More
