A vascular surgeon is entitled to long-term disability benefits from Unum and Provident because his back pain is caused by an injury rather than a sickness, a federal judge ruled. The surgeon’s back ...

How would you support yourself or your loved ones if you couldn't work due to an injury or illness? A majority of respondents said they'd dip into financial reserves or borrow, according to a study by ...

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 ...

Trump administration officials informed the co-founder of a nonprofit disability advocacy group that a proposed rule — which would have updated decades-old occupational data, in addition to changing ...

The Social Security Administration is abandoning plans to promulgate rules that experts say would have resulted in thousands of people losing their disability benefits. White House deputy chief of ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Alice Wong, a disability rights activist and author whose independence and writing inspired others, has died. She was 51. Wong died Friday because of an infection at a hospital in San ...

President Donald Trump's administration could be looking to make major changes to the eligibility of those receiving disability benefits, according to people familiar with the plans as reported by The ...

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 ...

An upcoming regulatory proposal would change the rules of Social Security disability programs to make it harder to qualify, particularly harming older adults. A woman holds a sign in support of Social ...

Employer-sponsored disability insurance is a relatively common benefits offering: The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that nearly half of private employers provide their workforce access to short ...

Short-term disability is a type of government-run insurance or employer benefit that gives you income replacement for a temporary period when you are unable to work due to a covered illness, injury, ...

Short-term disability is benefit that gives you temporary income, lasting from several weeks to several months, in the event you are unable to work due to an illness or injury. In the United States, ...