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Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits
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Dec

Elder Law College: Overview Of VA Benefits And Social Security Disability Benefits

December 11, 2012
(I recently presented a program on Veterans Benefits and Social Security Disability Benefits at the...
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Nov

2013 SSI, Medicaid Spousal Impoverishment And Home Equity Standards Released

November 16, 2012
aThe Social Security Administration released the federal benefit rate for the 2013 Supplemental Security Income...
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Oct

Second Circuit Affirms That Income Stream from Annuity Is Not an Asset for Medicaid Purposes

October 2, 2012
After John Lopes was admitted to a nursing home, his wife, Amelia, purchased a irrevocable,...
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Sep

Recent Argument Before The Appellate Division In A Case Involving A Public Pension And A Testamentary Special Needs Trust

September 25, 2012
For the past several years, I have represented Thomas Saccone, a retired Newark, NJ firefighter...
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Sep

Social Security Disability Boot Camp

September 17, 2012
History What is generally thought of as Social Security is now contained in Title II...
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Jun

Determining Disability Under Social Security’s Regulations And Rulings

June 20, 2012
Regulations governing the Social Security Administration (SSA) set forth a five-step sequential evaluation process for...
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Jun

New Social Security Regulations Prohibit Funds From Special Needs Trusts To Be Used To Pay For Family Visits, And Limit Trust Payments To Caregivers Who Are Medically-Trained

June 19, 2012
The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently revised four sections of the Program Operations Manual System...
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Jan

Roundup of Key Figures In An Estate and Elder Law Practice for 2012

January 4, 2012
Below are figures for 2012 that are frequently used in the estate and elder law...
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Dec

Social Security Disability and Supplemental Security Income Benefits

December 27, 2011
Social Security Disability (“SSD”) and Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) are two programs available from the...
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Mar

Top Ten (10) Social Security / SSI Disability Appeals Decided By Federal Appellate Courts In 2010

March 21, 2011
More than in prior years, this year I’ve been focused on preparing “top ten” lists. ...
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Feb

Effect Of Payment Of Home Expenses By A Special Needs Trust On Eligibility For Public Benefits

February 10, 2011
(The folowing is part of a discussion, taken from a listserv, or electronic bulletin board,...
17
Dec

Special Needs Trusts: Background

December 17, 2010
A self-settled special needs trust is exempt from being counted as a “resource,” for purposes...
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Dec

Top 12 New Jersey Elder Law Cases Decided In 2010

December 14, 2010
Here are my selections for the top ten (10) twelve (12) New Jersey elder law...
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Dec

How Does The Social Security Administration Evaluate Claims For Disability Benefits?

December 6, 2010
Under the rules governing the Social Security Administration (SSA), “disability” is defined as “the inability...
06
Aug

A Case Study Involving Social Security and SSI Benefits, An Overpayment, Divorce, A Special Needs Trust And A Successful Effort To Increase The SSI Monthly Benefit Amount

August 6, 2010
I don’t usually blog about the Social Security cases my law firm handles, although we...
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Jul

New POMS On Early Termination Of Special Needs Trusts

July 3, 2010
Many third-party and self-settled special needs trusts (SNTs) contain “termination on ineligibility and distribute to...
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Jun

Proposed Treasury Regulations Concerning Paper Social Security / SSI Checks

June 18, 2010
The Treasury Department has issued a Notice of Proposed Rule-Making (75 Fed. Reg. 34394 (June...
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May

New Regulations Prevent Debt Collectors From Seizing Federal Benefits Deposited Into Bank Accounts

May 18, 2010
The Treasury Department and the four major benefit agencies, the Social Security Administration, the U.S....
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Mar

Medicaid Eligibility And The Pickle Amendment

March 30, 2010
Named after its Congressional sponsor and enacted in 1977, the Pickle Amendment created a separate...
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Mar

The Purchase Of A Private Annuity By An SSI Beneficiary Is A Permissible Spend-Down Technique

March 21, 2010
As you know, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, administered by the Social Security Administration...
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