Tyler Foster
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SSI couples in Maine who both get the state supplement are due two full individual state supplements instead of 1.5 times one, under a law in effect since July 29
Married couples in Maine who both receive the state’s SSI supplement are due the sum of two individual supplements, not 1.5 times one, under a...
Social Security commissioner Frank Bisignano says the program will be around for another 90 years, while trustees project its main trust fund runs short in 2032
Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano said on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Monday, October 12, 2026, “It’s 90 years old, and it’ll be around for another...
Idaho’s attorney general says almost 400 Idaho Power customer accounts have experienced fraud as impostors threaten shutoffs and demand deposits
Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador warned on Oct. 15 that almost 400 Idaho Power customer accounts have experienced fraud, with impostors posing as the utility,...
A federal prisoner pleaded guilty to helping scammers get a 93-year-old North Dakota woman to mail a $45,000 check, and faces sentencing December 21
Sumit Kumar Singh, a 32-year-old Indian national already in federal custody, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud for helping scammers get a 93-year-old...
Patients who used Tenet Healthcare hospital websites or patient portals from 2017 to 2023 can claim $16 and two years of privacy monitoring by March 15, 2027
A class settlement over tracking pixels on Tenet Healthcare’s web pages lets people who used its hospital websites or patient portals between Jan. 1, 2017,...
NorthWestern Energy and Montana-Dakota Utilities customers 62 and older are shielded from winter shutoffs Nov. 1 to April 1, but only if they tell the utility they qualify
Montana’s winter shutoff moratorium starts Nov. 1 and runs to April 1, and regulated gas and electric companies cannot cut off a household for unpaid...
Social Security is reminding families of 18- and 19-year-old students to report school changes, after its watchdog questioned $160.8 million in student benefits
Social Security is reminding families that student benefits can end, and be clawed back, when school changes go unreported. The October 15, 2026 reminder follows...
Social Security’s watchdog says an estimated 50,194 people on childhood disability benefits have wrong entitlement dates on file, tied to $164.5 million
Social Security’s inspector general estimates that 50,194 people receiving childhood disability benefits have the wrong entitlement date on file. The audit, issued September 25, 2026,...
North Carolina Medicaid applicants who apply by Dec. 31 can get up to three months of past bills covered, while many adults 19 to 64 get one month starting January
North Carolina Medicaid will go back up to three months to cover health care costs for anyone who applies by December 31, 2026. Starting January...
Social Security’s watchdog urges the agency to start withholding from SSI and Social Security checks to recover child-benefit overpayments tied to $242.4 million
Social Security’s inspector general is urging the agency to begin withholding money automatically from SSI payments and Social Security benefits to collect overpaid child benefits....
At least 42,349 Braven Health members in New Jersey lose their Medicare Advantage plans December 31, as all 10 of the insurer’s New Jersey plans end after 2026
Braven Health members in New Jersey have until December 7 to choose a new Medicare plan that starts January 1, because every Braven Medicare Advantage...
SSI can cut a payment by $25, then $50, then $100 each time a change in income, resources or living arrangements is reported over 10 days after the month ends
People who get Supplemental Security Income must tell Social Security about certain changes within 10 days after the end of the month in which the...
New Mexico Medicaid will cover bills from only one month before applying for some adults 19-64 starting January 2027, and two months for older and disabled people, down from three
New Mexico will shorten how far back Medicaid pays for care received before an application, starting in January 2027. The state’s Health Care Authority (HCA)...
Wisconsin FoodShare members have 10 days to request replacement benefits for food lost in a storm or outage, and nearly 6,000 QUEST cards lost their PINs
Wisconsin FoodShare members who lose groceries to a storm or a power outage can ask the state to replace the benefits, but only within 10...
Pennsylvania has sent letters to nearly 700,000 Medicaid expansion adults about an 80-hour monthly work requirement that starts in January 2027
Letters are arriving at the homes of nearly 700,000 Pennsylvanians on Medicaid, warning that adults on the expansion program will have to show 80 hours...
The FTC is sending 6,205 payments totaling more than $100,000 to GOAT shoppers, and checks must be cashed within 90 days
The Federal Trade Commission is sending 6,205 payments totaling more than $100,000 to people who bought from the sneaker and apparel marketplace GOAT and were...