Author: Elizabeth Blessing
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SSI recipients must report a change in income, resources or living arrangements by the 10th of the next month or risk a payment cut
Supplemental Security Income recipients have a standing monthly deadline: a change in income, resources or living arrangements has to reach the Social Security Administration by the 10th day of the month after it happens. SSA restated that rule in an October 1, 2026 post, along with a warning that reporting late may bring penalties that…
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SNAP cuts off an adult 18 to 64 with no child under 14 after three months in three years without 80 hours a month of work
An adult on SNAP who is able to work and has no child under 14 in the household can collect benefits for only three months in any three-year stretch, unless the adult works or takes part in a work program for at least 80 hours a month. The rule is the one USDA’s Food and…
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Amazon’s return-policy settlement pays one group of shoppers automatically and makes the other file a claim by December 1
Amazon’s return-policy class action has reached a settlement with two classes of shoppers and two different paths. Members of Subclass A are scheduled to receive a payment automatically, while members of Subclass B receive nothing unless they submit an eligible claim form, and the cutoff for that form is December 1, 2026. The U.S. District…
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Medicare opens a December 8 switching window for members whose plan contract is not renewed, and it runs to the last day of February
Annual Medicare enrollment closes on December 7, but members of a plan that is leaving the program do not run out of time that day. Medicare.gov lists a separate special enrollment period for anyone whose Medicare Advantage plan, drug plan or Cost Plan has a contract with Medicare that is not renewed, and it runs…
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SNAP households have until October 15 to comment on Idaho’s and Utah’s restrictions, through dockets FNA-2026-0301 and FNA-2026-0313
Written comments on two states’ SNAP food restrictions must reach USDA on or before October 15, 2026, and they go through two separate dockets. FNA-2026-0301 covers Idaho, which excludes soda and candy from SNAP purchases, and FNA-2026-0313 covers Utah, which excludes soft drinks. USDA’s Food and Nutrition Administration published both notices in the Federal Register…
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Social Security charges $54 for each W-2 it pulls and $79 for certified earnings information, under fees that began October 1
The Social Security Administration now charges $54 for each W-2 or W-3 it retrieves and $79 for certified detailed earnings information, under a fee schedule that took effect October 1. The amounts come from a ten-line table that replaced the one SSA last set in August 2024, and they apply to requests the agency receives…
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Grubhub refund recipients are asked to cash a check within 90 days, or accept a PayPal payment within 30
The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $23.8 million to Grubhub drivers and diners, and recipients are being asked to move quickly: cash a check within 90 days, or accept a PayPal payment within 30. The agency counts 640,038 payments in the distribution, announced August 12, 2026. The payments go out on their own,…
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HealthPartners is ending two Journey PPO Medicare Advantage plans in every Minnesota county for 2027 and will send affected members a notice and phone message in October
HealthPartners is dropping two of its Journey PPO Medicare Advantage plans in every Minnesota county for 2027. Journey Steady (PPO) and Journey Stride (PPO) both end statewide, according to the insurer’s own 2027 member page, and members of the affected plans are due an important notice and a phone message during October 2026. The insurer…
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Food stamp purchase limits get 2027 start dates in Wyoming, Kansas, Missouri and Hawaii, while Nebraska’s waiver, still listed for December 1, was vacated by a court
Wyoming is the first state with a SNAP purchase limit scheduled for 2027, on February 1, followed by Kansas and Missouri on February 15 and Hawaii on April 1. Those are the target implementation dates on USDA’s waiver table, updated October 2, 2026. The same table still shows Nebraska starting on December 1, 2026, yet…
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USDA’s SNAP work-rules page still lists seven exemptions, including veterans and people experiencing homelessness, though a USDA memo says the 2025 law removed both and new guidance is coming
USDA’s SNAP work-requirements page, last updated July 16, 2026, lists seven exemptions from the program’s three-month time limit, including veterans and people experiencing homelessness. A USDA memo dated September 4, 2025 says the 2025 law removed both of those exceptions, along with one for young adults who aged out of foster care. The agency also…