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In the last fiscal year, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) achieved historic milestones, with plans to sustain and build upon this progress into 2024. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) managed over 116 million medical appointments, marking a 2.7% increase from the previous year. Simultaneously, the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) disbursed $150 billion in compensation […]

Living in Mobile or even the Baldwin County area offers many options to someone needing affordable or low-cost medical care along with many other resources that are available for housing, prescriptions, food, and clothing. My goal in 2024 is to highlight and focus on some of these resources that truly provide help to those filing […]

There are many professionals working in high-risk careers across Alabama. From semi-truck drivers and forestry professionals to hospital workers, employees in a variety of different careers have a risk of suffering an injury at work. For example, even those in seemingly-safe professions can get hurt due to a slip-and-fall. Some people experience incidents that result […]

On October 12, 2023, the Social Security Administration announced a 3.2% benefit increase for 2024. This cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is substantially smaller than last year’s COLA which saw a benefit increase of 8.7%, the biggest COLA in more than 40 years. Beginning in January of 2024, approximately 66 million Social Security beneficiaries will see an […]

The decision to apply for disability benefits can be a humbling one. Most working people prize their sense of independence and loathe the idea of relying on benefits instead of working. Quite a few people continue working when they could retire or refuse to call in sick unless absolutely necessary. Yet, people often cannot control […]