May is Disability Insurance Awareness Month!
May 6, 2020
Each May, the Council for Disability Awareness teams up with various insurance industry leaders to celebrate Disability Insurance Awareness Month (DIAM), which works to bring awareness of the importance of disability insurance … Read More
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announce 2020 premium increases
November 14, 2019
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have announced the 2020 increases in premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance amounts for the Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B programs. The increase in costs associated … Read More
With the acquisition of Professional Disability Associates, a strong partnership is formed
July 25, 2019
As part of the commitment to help as many people as possible, The Advocator Group acquired Professional Disability Associates (PDA) in 2018. PDA, a Maine-based company, has an exceptional reputation in the insurance industry for assisting … Read More
New Medicare Cards & Fraud Prevention: What You Should Know
June 7, 2018
Both Social Security and Medicare are very aware of the presence of scammers trying to steal the identities and benefits of disability, retirement, and Medicare recipients and as part of Medicare’s recent fraud-prevention efforts, new Medicare … Read More
Do you Know the Difference Dependent Benefits Could Make for You?
November 6, 2017
We have published several posts over the past few months about dependent benefits: how they impact your Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) application, how to go about applying for them once you are awarded, and now … Read More
Introduction to Medicare and the Annual Election Period
October 25, 2017
This month, we wanted to take some time to focus on Medicare, since the 2017 Annual Election Period (AEP) has officially begun (the AEP for 2017 runs from October 15 to December 7) , and we … Read More
“What is State Disability?”
July 6, 2017
For the last two months, we have reviewed different types of offsets and financial benefits you may receive and how they may affect your Social Security Disability Claim (SSDI). Last month’s post addressed “What … Read More
SSDI & Life Change at Any Age: Michael’s Story
May 31, 2017
Earlier this month we helped kick off Disability Insurance Awareness Month (DIAM) by sharing some excellent resources and shocking statistics about how unprepared many American workers truly are for a sudden loss of income due to … Read More
Are you Prepared for a Sudden Loss of Income?
May 16, 2017
May is Disability Insurance Awareness Month (DIAM), and we want our clients, friends, and family members to be educated about disability statistics in America and the importance of disability insurance. Disability Insurance Awareness Month … Read More
