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ABLE Act Reforms

April 1, 2016February 7, 2019

Over a year ago I wrote about problems with the ABLE Act, the well-intentioned bill that the divide-and-conquer wing of the GOP was tweaking into semi-irrelevancy. It passed with a definition of disability that only included those disagnosed before age 26, a sign of the way too many politicians like to differentiate between the worthy … Continue ReadingABLE Act Reforms

Update on ABLE – Two questions.

December 3, 2014February 7, 2019

ABLE is likely to become law in the next few weeks, offering new tax-free savings accounts for people with disabilities. Here’s my article on the bill. Here’s the current language in the House with off-sets (who knew you could save 444 million by not funding erection pumps via medicaid?). Here’s a piece saying that Senator … Continue ReadingUpdate on ABLE – Two questions.