Disabled Americans receiving Social Security disability will see a two percent increase in their monthly benefit payments in 2018. This increase, called a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), is more than six times 2016’s COLA of 0.3.
What Is a Cost-of-Living Adjustment?
To ensure disability recipients receive enough money to meet their basic needs, the Social Security Administration (SSA) adjusts the benefit amount to reflect increases in the cost...COLA Increase Raises Disability Benefits By Two Percent in 2018
Disabled Americans receiving Social Security disability will see a two percent increase in their monthly benefit payments in 2018. This increase, called a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), is more than six times 2016’s COLA of 0.3.
What Is a Cost-of-Living Adjustment?
To ensure disability recipients receive enough money to meet their basic needs, the Social Security Administration (SSA) adjusts the benefit amount to reflect increases in the cost...
The well-known children’s manufacturer, Skip Hop, has recalled 10,000 of their convertible high chairs.
The recall has been issued due to a potential fall hazard. The high chair’s front legs can fall off, causing a child to fall. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), has reported that Skip Hop has received 13 reports of the legs detaching from the high chair. Two bruising injuries have been reported at this time.
How...
The Japanese airbag manufacturer, Takata, is recalling 3.3 million more vehicles due to defective airbags. The Takata airbag recall is the largest automobile recall in U.S history that includes 19 automobile manufacturers and over 42 million vehicles.
The latest recall involves airbags in 2009, 2010 and 2013 model vehicles manufactured from Audi, BMW, Daimler Vans, Fiat Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi,...
A Pittsburgh man has died in a tree trimming accident when the bucket truck he was using malfunctioned. The tree service employee was cutting trees 60 feet off the ground with a chainsaw when the arm of the bucket truck he was in malfunctioned and fell to the ground, throwing him from the bucket truck. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner said the man died due to blunt force trauma along with a sharp-force wound to the abdomen. The man was an employee...
Five people are injured after the ski lift they were on malfunctioned. The ski resort, located in State College, Pennsylvania, released a statement saying that one chair on the ski lift malfunctioned, causing it to become loose and slide backwards into another chair. This caused a chain reaction with 4 other chairs.
It took safety officials 90 minutes to get everyone safely down from the ski lift.
The ski resort says the lift was previously inspected...