Interesting article by Veronique de Rugy:
Disability
Number of Employees on Disability Has Doubled in 20 Years
By Mike Reilly on
Posted in ERISA, Uncategorized
Yesterday, Jordan Weissman’s excellent article, “Disability Insurance: America’s $124 Billion Secret Welfare Program,” published March 25, 2013 in The Atlantic, explains how the number of former workers enrolled in Social Security Disability has doubled in 20 years. He states:
“Since the early 1990s, the number of former workers receiving payments under it has more…
Can an ERISA Plan Offset Veterans Disability Benefits? Maybe Yes, Maybe No.
By Mike Reilly on
Posted in ERISA
You already know that ERISA disability payments can often be reduced or offset by disability payments the beneficiary receives from the Social Security Administration.
But….
Can the ERISA Plan offset Veterans Administration (VA) disability benefits as “other income?”
It depends on what the “other income” ERISA plan language says.
AND, courts may conclude the issue …