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How To Know When Your Benefits, Medicare Begin?

Question: As I have been approved for Social Security Disability benefits, when does my Medicare begin and what do I need to start it? Answer: When a person qualifies for Social Security Disability (SSD) they usually receive Medicare on the 25th month of eligibility for SSD benefits. Your ...

Will You Please Stuff A Sock In It?

A few thoughts on this nasty virus. Thoughts about scavengers. Grandmothers. And stocks. First, a gentle message to our politicians. Unless you have something helpful to say, please shut up! You are vultures that swoop over and peck away at carcasses. You make political points off death and ...

There Is No American Worker Shortage

“We’re full, our system’s full, our country’s full!” That was President Donald Trump last year at our southern border. “Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs, will be made to benefit American workers and American families.” That was Trump in ...

Truth Does Not Change With Time

There is a difference between the truth and our understanding of it. Each individual sees the world based on his or her mental framework, developed over a lifetime and influenced by every experience, relationship, and internal conversation. Our understanding of that world and its people can and ...

Struggling To Keep Up

I looked around my house today in an utter panic. “Where did all this come from?” I thought, looking at toys, blankets and fruit snacks that were scattered all across the living room floor. (There may have been a few Doritos in the mix as well.) It seemed to all dawn on me at once: ...