Monthly Section Meetings

Information

The Elder Law Section will meet Thursday, January 16 at 11:00 a.m. via TEAMS

Topic: Social Security Administration’s Nathan Cole Public Affairs Specialist and his team will speak.

SSA does not appear via Zoom - section members will be sent TEAMS info to join the meeting. 

If anyone has specific questions or topics they want addressed by SSA, please forward them to my email (haillarissav@gmail.com) no later than Wednesday 1/15, so Nathan Cole and his Team can address your questions. Attending the full meeting will earn 1.0 General CLE Credit. 

SSA team will touch on the following topics – please bring your questions:

·    How social security retirement benefits are calculated

·    Reductions for claiming early and credits for delayed claiming

·    Earnings test for those who continue to work after claiming early

·    Interactions between early retirement and Social Security disability benefits

·    Interactions with Medicare benefits

·    iAppeal

·    Social Security Disability and Supplemental Security Income 101 - background of SSA disability programs

·    trusts, fraud, ABLE accounts, tax issues

·    SSFA- SS Fairness Act and how it’s meant to operate for existing retirees