Georgia recipients of Social Security disability benefits are probably familiar with the term COLA. Also known as the Cost of Living Adjustment, this number determines how social security benefits will be increased each year to compensate for inflation. When inflation...
Month: December 2012
Artist with Down Syndrome featured in museum
Georgia residents may not be familiar with the art featured in a San Francisco museum, but families affected by disabilities will likely find an interest. In 1950, a young girl, aged seven, became a ward of the state and spent the next 35 years in a state institution....
Social Security fraud schemes hit home
Though we may often think of identity theft as happening from behind a computer -- some anonymous hacker the victim is randomly chosen by -- this may not always be the case. In fact, the Wall Street Journal recently investigated identity-fraud rings and found that...
Social Security backlog and denials cost in treatment
Georgia residents who are battling serious illnesses may be interested to hear some cases from other locations of people who are struggling, not only with illness, but in a battle with the Social Security Administration. One woman was denied for disability payments,...