If you are a Social Security beneficiary, you’ve probably grown accustomed to seeing a Cost-of-Living Adjustment—or, COLA—in your benefit at the beginning of each calendar year. Since the start of automatic annual COLA s in 1975, there have only been three years...
Month: October 2015
Being Injured Is Hard. Having Your Condition Denied Adds Insult to Injury.
Feeling aggravated? I’ll tell you what’s really a pain: When someone tells you that you have a medical condition like arthritis that you didn’t know about until you are injured at work. Even more aggravating is when your employer denies allowing that condition on...
Dang It. Payback’s a B****. But You Gotta Do It.
Social Security (SSA) is doing anything and everything they can these days to recoup monies paid out to Social Security beneficiaries in error. One way is reviewing claims to see if there might be an overpayment on them. Overpayments often arise when the claimant has...
Dear Injured Worker . . . Someone Cares About You!
That’s right. Someone really cares about you and your work injury. So much so that a new pilot program has been developed to avoid delays in treatment and help you get back to work as soon as possible. This is a win/win for everyone! According to a recent news release...
Meet Attorney Joe Moro
I am proud to say that I grew up in Youngstown as the son of a steelworker. So when I decided to go to Youngstown State University then onto law school at the University of Cincinnati, I realized pretty early on that I wanted to practice in an area of law that...