| Volume 122 Number 3 |
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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
As a general rule, even if you owe money and are sued, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), and VA benefits can’t be garnished by your creditors. To learn more about your rights and see a sample letter to send to your creditors, click on the link. Click here for more.
Increase in Insulin Cost is Concerning
According to a new study, the cost of the hormone insulin, one of the most important treatments for diabetes, rose nearly 200 percent between 2002 and 2013. While other diabetes medications also increased in price, total spending on insulin in 2013 was greater than the combined spending on all those other drugs. Gabbay, chief medical officer of the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston says, "Here is the treatment that almost one-third of people with diabetes are on and its increased in price to this degree, that’s quite concerning." Click here for more.
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The Social Security program provides a critical safety net for 59 million Americans, but that doesn't mean that everyone knows all there is to know about it. For example, did you know that the latest number-crunching in Washington indicates that Social Security payments could be cut by 29% in 2030? Read on to find out more about how this vital program works and how changes to it may affect you in the future. Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
Court reduces punitive damages to 1:1 ratio. A federal appeals court has whittled a $25.5 million punitive damages award to $1.95 million in a carbon monoxide poisoning lawsuit out of Wyoming. Reversing much of the lower court’s decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit found that punitive damages in the case were “excessive and arbitrary” in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s due process clause. Lompe v. Sunridge Partners Click here for more.