A highly-anticipated expansion of New Jersey’s paid family leave and temporary disability insurance goes into effect this month, ramping up benefits for workers and doubling eligibility. Starting July ...

Q. I went out on workers comp May of 2020. Workers comp closed my case in January 2021. At that point I collected unemployment because my employer laid me off. Now I have a back injury. What’s ...

Q. I’m 49 and I had to stop working for medical reasons in August 2021. I have a private disability policy. After the six month elimination period, the carrier granted me full disability and I started ...

A 20-something today has a one in four chance of becoming disabled before retirement, according to the Social Security Administration. While Social Security disability benefits can help, the average ...

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Do you have a financial plan if you're sidelined by illness or injury? According to the Social Security Administration, close to one in four 20-year-olds will face a disability that interferes with ...

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House Republicans have proposed $880 billion in budget cuts that could affect health programs over the next decade. About 15 million people with disabilities in the U.S. rely on Medicaid for health ...

This story is part of a series on financial and economic literacy funded by Ecstra Foundation. Having income protection insurance means that if you get sick or injured and can’t work, you’ll still get ...

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The annoying thing about life insurance and disability insurance — or just about any kind of policy, really — is that it’s a product you buy in hopes that you never actually need to use it. Still, it ...