Social Security

Married Couples Can Maximize Their Social Security Benefits Using File and Suspend

Are you married, with one spouse wanting to retire but the other one prepared to keep working?...

Social Security and Veteran's Administration Issue Guidance on Same-Sex Couples

The Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Veteran's Administration (VA) have begun to issue guidance governing the treatment of same-sex marriages.

Mass. High Court Rules: Trust Principal Not Countable as a Medicaid Resource

The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that in determining a Medicaid applicant's eligibility for benefits, Medicaid officials cannot count the principal of a trust created by the applicant after she waived her right to any of the principal in...