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Social Security’s Annual Trustee Report 2016

Each year Social Security’s Board of Trustees Issues an Annual Report on the status of the social security programs. There…

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Utah’s Medicaid Expansion

On March 25th, Governor Herbert signed into law a Medicaid expansion bill. The new law will provide $15 million to…

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Reallocation and the Disability Insurance Trust Fund

I have posted on the Disability Insurance (DI) Trust Fund about a year ago, on March 17th, 2014. In that…

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Some Important but Often Overlooked Facts About Social Security

●  The age at which you begin receiving benefits is an important consideration. In making this determination, you should know…

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Matchmaking Parents – Salt Lake City, Utah

From LA Times: Bachelor No. 647, a willowy lab tech in a blue polo shirt and thick glasses, squirmed as…

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Capability to Do Other Work in Social Security Disability and SSI Cases

Solely Exertional Impairments SSR 83-12 (PPS-103) The Social Security Grids set forth rules for determining whether or not a person…

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Modifying Child Support in Utah Divorce or Parentage Cases

There are two basic ways to modify a child support obligation under Utah Law. They are provided for under Utah…

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Equal Access to Justice Act Attorney Fees in administrative rehearings

I have previously posted on how the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) allows for the payment by the government…

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Cognition and Speech Impairments in Childhood Disability Cases

Social Security Ruling (SSR) 98-1p explains that a child will be found to medically equal Listing 2.09 when the child…

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Appeal in Native American Child Custody Case – Sandy, Utah

From CBS News: A California family appealed Tuesday to the state’s highest court in their fight to keep a six-year-old…

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