Your
March to-do list
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[March 14, 2011]
It’s
spring cleaning season! There’s no better time than now to start
organizing, and getting important tasks cleared off your list of
important things to do. Social Security would like to share a
suggested “March To-Do List” with you.
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State
Agencies Offer llinois Families Extra Help Again This Tax Season
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[March 14, 2011]
CHICAGO – March
8, 2011. The Illinois Departments of Revenue (IDOR), Human Services
(IDHS) and Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) urge
Illinois families to take advantage of tax preparation assistance
and easy filing options available at www.tax.illinois.gov. By filing
their state taxes electronically, families can get their entire
refund quickly and for free, avoiding high-interest refund
anticipation loans offered by many commercial tax preparation
companies. Low and moderate-income families can take advantage of
several tax assistance services offered in conjunction with the
State of Illinois. (Click here for
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What
you can do to speed up your disability application
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[March 14, 2011]
If
your disabling condition is preventing you from continuing to work,
you may want to apply for disability benefits through Social
Security. In most cases, doing so involves a thorough process of
determining your eligibility, medical condition, and ability to
work. Because we look so carefully at so many cases — more than
three million each year — it can take us three to five months to
determine whether you are eligible.
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Prose from the Christian Village
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[March 14, 2011]
The
Christian Village has a writer's club and we are pleased that they
have sent us two of their member's works. Betty Armstrong and Helen
Tanner write on the topic: "Spring is a wonderful thing'.
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 Electronic SSN payments are a must
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[March 14, 2011]
For
years, Social Security has stressed the convenience, security, and
safety of getting benefit payments electronically. Soon, direct
deposit (or Direct Express) will not only be the best way to receive
Federal benefit payments — it will be the only way. (Click
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Resources and tips for the millions of Alzheimer's caregivers
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[March 14, 2011]
(ARA) -
Alzheimer's takes a toll on more than just the 5
million Americans living with the disease. The millions of unpaid
caregivers for patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) carry a high
risk of poor health. While caregiving can be rewarding, it also can
be a long and difficult journey, which often affects work, finances,
relationships and health. Caregiving is a responsibility that
requires encouragement and resources. Caregivers sometimes may be
too overwhelmed, frustrated or depressed to seek out the help they
need. (Click here for the rest of the
story)
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Road
trip! A mature dude's guide to roaming the highways
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[March 14, 2011]
(ARA) -
Work, kids, working out, taking care of
the house, and a hairline that's heading for the back of your collar
- it's enough to make a guy understand why some men feel the urge to
buy an outrageously impractical sports car at this stage of life.
But you don't need a mid-life crisis. What you need is a road trip.
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 Social
Security's final four
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[March 14, 2011]
This
time of year basketball fans are gearing up for March Madness -- a
time when the final four teams in the NCAA fight for the title of
national champion. While basketball fans are excited about March
Madness, Social Security already has a winning “final four” of
online services to cheer about: the Retirement Estimator,
Benefit Application, online Extra Help application, and
Business Services Online.
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 Illinois Ag can help with healthcare complaints
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[March 14, 2011]
As the business
of medicine has become more complex, consumers have experienced more
confusion and difficulty obtaining the care and benefits to which
they are entitled. To assist the consumers of Illinois with these
problems the Attorney General opened the Health Care Bureau in
October 1998. Since then our staff has helped to clear up more than
8,000 complaints relating to health care issues.
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