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Claiming Social Security disability benefits

Even in the best of times, applications for Social Security disability benefits move at a glacial pace, but baby boomers risk being frozen out as they flood the Social Security Administration, or SSA, with new requests.

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HALIFAX - Disability benefits for thousands of former Canadian Forces members are being unjustly clawed back because the payments have been unfairly deemed income, lawyers for the veterans argued Wednesday in Federal Court.

Express Scripts-Medco Merger Raises Antitrust Concerns

An antitrust hearing will examine assertions by opponents that competition and costs will suffer if a deal between Express Scripts and Medco Health Solutions proceeds.

Tough Questions for Express Scripts-Medco Merger

An antitrust hearing on Tuesday will examine assertions by opponents that competition and costs will suffer if the deal goes through.

NFL concussion suit makes claim of pre-game use of anti-inflammatory drug

A lawsuit filed by 12 former football players against the NFL about its concussion policies says there was widespread pre-game use of an anti-inflammatory drug that could put someone with a head injury at increased risk.

Georgia Transvaginal Mesh Lawyer Reacts to Leading Doctors’ Groups that Say Even High-Risk Patients Should Consider ...

Attorney Henry Garrard III of Georgia’s Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley, P.C, says that medical organizations are recognizing that the risks of the use of surgical mesh to treat pelvic organ prolapse outweigh any potential benefits for most patients. ...

Veterans in Halifax court to challenge federal disability benefit clawbacks

HALIFAX - Disability benefits for thousands of former Canadian Forces members are being unjustly clawed back because the payments have been unfairly deemed income, lawyers for the veterans argued Wednesday in Federal Court.

Missouri Judge Postpones Ruling in Same-Sex Pension Trial

The surviving partner of a Missouri state trooper killed in the line of duty who seeks his partner’s pension and benefits will have the opportunity to present his arguments in court in February.

Lawyer for ex-judge says he doesnt know of federal probe

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A lawyer representing a former Huntington judge, who recently retired amid recent reports that he awarded an uncharacteristically high number of disability benefits in the cases hes handled, said Tuesday he didnt know of an alleged...

Welfare children incur parents' debt

SAN FRANCISCO -- In 2008, when Jamie Hartley was 16 years old, her family was overpaid a total of $766 in welfare benefits.