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Medicaid Standards for SSI and Spousal Impoverishment Released for 2025

CMS updates for 2025 boost SSI benefits and adjust Medicaid spousal impoverishment limits. Learn how these changes impact long-term special needs care planning.

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Social Security Administration Updates Aid Recipients

Starting on September 1, 2024, the Social Security Administration will introduce significant changes to Supplemental Security Income rules including In-Kind Support and Maintenance and Rental Subsidy

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New Social Security Administration Rules to Help Beneficiaries

Starting September 2024, the SSA simplifies SSI by excluding food from ISM calculations, expanding rental subsidy policies, and broadening public assistance definitions.

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Michigan Enacts Uniform Power of Attorney Act

Learn the new rules for powers of attorney in Michigan (the UPOAA) that took effect on July 1, 2024.