The California Employment Development Department has announced that with the new year Californians will now receive boosted Paid Family Leave and Disability Insurance benefits. This is a landmark ...

The benefits provide important economic support for older people who cannot work. The White House recently halted changes to the program that had worried some experts. By Mark Miller Many older ...

Millions of Americans are going through the annual ritual of choosing corporate benefits for next year, during open enrollment season.

Article reviews accidental death decisions. It also reviews disability; ERISA; health insurance (ACA, HIPAA, medical necessity, reimbursement claims); and life insurance developments. The answers to ...

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Update, November 20, 2025: The Trump Administration has reportedly set aside plans to propose a regulation that would have made it much harder to qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance and ...

The Trump administration is preparing a plan that will make it harder for older Americans to qualify for Social Security disability payments, part of an overhaul of the federal safety net for poor, ...

Australian life insurer Acenda has introduced a new TPD Severity option to its total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance portfolio. The addition, developed in consultation with financial advisers ...

Lizzy Lawrence leads STAT’s coverage of the Food and Drug Administration. She was previously a medical devices reporter. You can reach Lizzy on Signal at lizzylaw.53. Chelsea Cirruzzo is a Washington ...

I’m a 48-year-old coal miner on Social Security Disability Insurance and Medicare (I have a very bad back). My wife is 49 and a public-school teacher in Kentucky and will be retiring in August 2026 ...

Input from readers will help shape our coverage. By Sonia A. Rao I’m Sonia A. Rao, a disability reporter for The New York Times. I started this role in June as a member of The New York Times’s 2025-26 ...

July marks both Disability Pride Month in the U.S., and the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act — a potentially opportune time to reassess just how inclusive workplaces are for ...