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Social Security COLA Increase for 2026

10/24/2025

 
The Social Security Administration has announced a 2.8% increase in benefits for the 2026 year in a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) 
"Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments for 75 million Americans will increase 2.8% in 2026. On average, Social Security retirement benefits will increase by about $56 per month starting in January."

Check to see how your benefits will change by reviewing your myssa.gov account 

Back-Door Social Security Cuts

10/10/2025

 
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/social-security-trump-bisignano/

Kentucky Public Radio investigates CHFS's Allegations of Abuse in the SNAP program

10/1/2025

 
Kentucky Public Radio | By Sylvia Goodman

"Over the last five years, the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services has brought hundreds of fraud cases that are heavily reliant on transactional data with the goal of revoking people’s food benefits."
PictureKentucky Public Radio | By Sylvia Goodman Published September 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT

John Oliver discusses why disability benefits can be hard to get and easy to lose, how getting them can turn people’s lives upside down

9/26/2025

 
Several of the issues John Oliver spotlights here are the reasons we dedicate our practice to advocate for our on getting them the benefits they deserve. 
​WARNING: NSFW - this video does contain strong adult language  
(This was originally aired September 22, 2024 so some of the statistics cited are slightly out of date.)
“…over 15 million people currently rely on disability benefits to provide for basic needs like food shelter and Medical Care through a pair of programs called SSI and SSDI very basically SSI stands for supplemental security income it's need-based and intended for people who are elderly or disabled with little to no income or assets while SSD stands for Social Security disability insurance it's for people who've contributed to Social Security through payroll taxes but find themselves unable to work substantially due to a disability and if you qualify for either you also qualify for Medicare or Medicaid so these programs are the Key Safety Net for many of those with disability in this country unfortunately as anyone who's tried to apply for them will tell you the application  process is an absolute nightmare”
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Christopher Harrell
​Attorney at Law

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2520 Bardstown Road Suite #8
Louisville, KY 40205 
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p: (502) 456-0078 
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