Hello Friends, Many of you may not know this, but I have a pretty strong fear of heights.  However, a friend managed to convince me to try a little mountain climbing recently.  All I can say is I tried never to look down and managed to make it to the top.  As they say, the [...]

Dear Ben, I recently applied for social security disability benefits because I haven’t been able to work for over a year due to a serious accident I had in 2010; social security has not made a decision yet. However, someone just told me that I was wasting my time applying since even if I’m found [...]

Hi Everyone: It’s been difficult to stay in touch lately and I hope you are all doing well. Here’s a recent pic from my travels from the Erg Chebbi Dunes, in the Sahara, Morocco. It was a beautiful sunset but I don’t mind saying I was a little afraid of this camel who’s name was [...]

My friend Nate from ERI is always asking me when I’m going to take a trip to someplace interesting like Antarctica so I’m very excited to give him a shout out from that very place! “Hey Nate! Thanks for the suggestion.” I can report that I have not seen any polar bears from land, air [...]

Visiting Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China where they recently marked the 20th anniversary of the military crackdown on student protesters who gathered demanding democracy. Tiananmen Square is the world’s largest public square, and the very heart of modern China. Oddly, we lunched at a McDonald’s nearby which sported a “famous western people” theme – including [...]

Hi Ben! I had a question recently about State-Only 1619(b) and assets. In getting the answer I was told State-Only 1619(b) works “just like federal 1619(b)” yet I am unclear exactly how that works as well. So, my question is this: If a person is receiving Medicaid under 1619(b) and goes over $2,000 in assets [...]