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		<title>Proposed Laws to Stop Debt Collectors from Seizing Social Security Benefits</title>
		<link>http://disability-blog.com/2010/05/proposed-laws-to-stop-debt-collectors-from-seizing-social-security-benefits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 19:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal LaPray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[APRIL 14, 2010 - Treasury Department announced a series of new laws that would prohibit debt collectors from freezing bank and garnishing bank accounts belonging to recipients of Social Security and disability for the purpose of satisfying a debt. The proposed laws were published in the Federal Register and citizens will be given sixty days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed Law to Ensure Social Security Benefits for Same-Sex Couples</title>
		<link>http://disability-blog.com/2010/04/proposed-law-to-ensure-social-security-benefits-for-same-sex-couples/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal LaPray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Linda Sanchez (D-California) announced this week that she plans to introduce a bill that would ensure equality for same sex couples under Social Security&#8217;s benefit programs.  Rep. Judy Chu (D-California) offered to co-author the bill.
Sanchez made her announcement to a crowd of 700 supporters who had gathered at Hollywood&#8217;s Gay and Lesbian Center to kick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increasing Claims Puts New Pressures on Social Security</title>
		<link>http://disability-blog.com/2009/08/increasing-claims-puts-new-pressures-on-social-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal LaPray</dc:creator>
		
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Social Security Disability Claims On The Rise
Recent efforts by the Social Security Administration to cut through a massive backlog of disability claims is being tempered by a sharp, spiked rise in applications this year.  Experts blame the current economic downturn, and the expansive increase in applications shows no signs of slowing. 
Last March, The Social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Mulls Social Security Reform Ideas</title>
		<link>http://disability-blog.com/2009/07/senate-mulls-social-security-reform-ideas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal LaPray</dc:creator>
		
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While no new bills have been presented to either houses of Congress, the U.S. Senate held a Special Committee meeting last month to discuss better ways of implementing the Social Security benefits program for those who need it the most, the fastest.
At issue was the current state of the economy and how the recession has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raising Children While On Social Security</title>
		<link>http://disability-blog.com/2009/07/raising-children-while-on-social-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal LaPray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[With the advent of medical progress on all fronts, there has been a sharp rise in the median age for women who bear children.  The Centers for Disease Control reports that the median age for mothers at their first live birth rose from as low as 20.3 years in 1970 up to 27.8 years in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Current Economic Crisis Causing Social Security Recipients to Return to Workforce? I Don&#8217;t Think So.</title>
		<link>http://disability-blog.com/2009/06/current-economic-crisis-causing-social-security-recipients-to-return-to-workforce-i-dont-think-so/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal LaPray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Another story is out in the Wall Street Journal about the &#8220;claim and suspend&#8221; measure of Social Security benefits for retirees.  The author brings up the fact that a retiree, who is receiving Social Security benefits, can suspend their benefits and return to the work force, and in the meantime, their future benefit cap will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When To Start Collecting Social Security - Some Say Later, I Say Sooner</title>
		<link>http://disability-blog.com/2009/06/when-to-start-collecting-social-security-some-say-later-i-say-sooner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal LaPray</dc:creator>
		
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Social Security Benefits - Retire Sooner or Later?


David McPherson of ABC News recently ran an editorial column wherein he discussed the &#8220;right&#8221; time to begin collecting Social Security benefits.  He was talking more about retirement benefits, and how waiting longer to apply for and receive such benefits may be in your best interest.   McPherson pointed [...]]]></description>
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