Here is a great video that explains ABLE accounts. Our friend and fellow attorney, Greg Maxwell, spends 3 minutes answering the most frequently asked questions received from personal injury attorneys in this topic. For more details and to get your questions answered, please contact us for a complimentary consultation.
The unprecedented government shutdown continues to drag on and everyone is starting to feel the sting. Federal workers are missing their paychecks, the lines at the airport continue to grow, and people are starting to worry about what will happen next. While many government departments are still operating as planned, it is a valid question […]
Over the past few decades, there has been a tremendous push to improve the funding and research available to professionals working on finding a cure for cancer. While this has yielded numerous new diagnostic and treatment modalities, there are still countless families who struggle with a cancer diagnosis every year. With October being Breast Cancer […]
Walk with us to kick off MENTAL HEALTH MONTH Saturday, April 28, 2018 Liberty Park 600 E 900 South, Salt Lake City, Utah Northeast Corner of Park (same as last year) Check-in: 8:30 am Walk Starts: 10:00 am Join us as we walk to support individuals with mental illness and their families. Help […]
Primary Care Utah is an insurance program sponsored by the Utah Department of Health which provides primary care medical services and prescription medication coverage. Applications will be accepted for adults without minor children from February 1-27, 2018. PCN provides great benefits This is an excellent (and rare) opportunity to obtain coverage for medical care. If […]
The Social Security Administration has released information on the number of claims for disability benefits filed and approved in 2017. For 2017, there were 2,179,928 applications filed. There were a total of 762,141 awards or allowances of disability benefits allowed. That equates to a 35% allowance rate. This percentage equates to the number of claims […]
This month, Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., introduced the Social Security Disability Insurance Return to Work Act of 2017 (H.R.1540) in the House of Representatives. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., joined with two Senate conservatives recently to introduce the companion bill (S. 654) in the Senate to back a proposal reforming Social Security disability benefits. Noting that disability benefits […]
Marva Match and Heather Farnsworth have each again been named to the Utah Legal Elite, an honor voted by their legal peers. Their specialty is Social Security Disability Law, and Ms. Farnsworth is one of only seven attorneys in the Utah Legal Elite Healthcare category. Ms Match is featured in the Labor & Employment category. Inclusion […]
Social Security Disability can be long and frustrating. As the wait-times increase, the service is declining, according to this article. Here is an excerpt: Unlike his fellow Republicans, President-elect Donald Trump has pledged not to reduce Social Security benefits. From his vantage point in Trump Tower, however, he might not realize that Social Security service […]
Article by Emilia Sicilia via NOSSCR.org The Chief Judge Carol Bagely Amon of the U.S District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted final approval of a settlement. This case was a class action lawsuit that complained of a generalized bias of five Administrative Law Judges in the SSA’s Queens, New York hearing […]