by Charles Buchanan | Apr 26, 2012 | Benefits, Federal law, Health, health insurance, insurance, Medicaid, medical care, Medicare, Uncategorized
This is the final segment on our series on health insurance. Our first two segments discussed How We Pay for Health Care and Understanding Health Insurance Coverage. In this segment we discuss The Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) signed by President Obama in 2010. Understanding Health Insurance CoverageThe PPACA has been the subject of [...]
by Charles Buchanan | Apr 18, 2012 | Federal law, Health, insurance, Medicaid, medical care, Medicare
Health care is a complicated and politically charged topic in our country. Health care is one of the biggest challenges we face. The cost of health care threatens to bankrupt our country and prevents many from obtaining the care they need. Many developed countries provide health insurance to all their citizens and finance it [...]
by Charles Buchanan | Mar 13, 2012 | Accidents, Attorney, Benefits, Federal law, Payments, Trucker rights, Uncategorized
In our last post, we we discussed Social Security Disability (SSD) as a way for hurt truck drivers to pay bills when they cannot work. In this segment of "Paying Bills After An Injury", we discuss a similar program called Supplemental Security Income (SSI). SSI is a federal government benefit program that pays monthly benefits [...]
by Charles Buchanan | Mar 5, 2012 | Accidents, Attorney, Benefits, Federal law, Injury Claims, insurance, Payments, Trucker rights
In our prior post on “Paying Bills After an Injury,” we discussed private disability insurance. We continue the segment in this post discussing Social Security Disability benefits. Many people think that Social Security is just a retirement program. That is not the case. Under certain circumstances, Social Security also provides disability benefits to those who [...]
by Charles Buchanan | Mar 2, 2012 | Benefits, Federal law, insurance, Payments, Personal Injury, Trucker rights, Workers Compensation
In our last segments on “Paying Bills After an Injury,” we discussed workers' compensation and workers' compensation benefits. We continue the segment in this post by discussing disability insurance policies. Disability insurance policies are sold by private insurance companies such as Aetna and the Hartford Financial. These policies pay benefits in the event you become [...]
by Charles Buchanan | Feb 2, 2012 | Employment law, Federal law, Paul Taylor, STAA, Trucker rights
Truckers must make tough decisions: but you are protected We recently attended the First Annual Truck Driver Social Media Conference in Tunica, Mississippi. The conference was organized by Allen and Donna Smith, the fantastic trucker advocates with Ask the Trucker and Truth About Trucking. For more information about the conference, check out our prior post [...]
