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Structured Settlements, SSI Income and DRA Annuities: Building a Durable Federal Framework
Government BenefitsCase StudiesStructured SettlementsSeptember 12, 2025by Patrick Hindert

Structured Settlements, SSI Income and DRA Annuities: Building a Durable Federal Framework

I. Introduction: From System Shifts to Strategic Opportunity This article is the fifth installment in our six-part series on how structured settlements interact with public benefit planning. Article 1 and Article 2 explored system-wide shifts; the One Big Beautiful Bill’s (OBBB) expansion of state authority over Medicaid and the Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) 2025 reforms...

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Structured Settlements and Public Benefits: How We Got Here And Why It Matters Now
Industry NewsCase StudiesGovernment BenefitsStructured SettlementsAugust 15, 2025by Patrick Hindert

Structured Settlements and Public Benefits: How We Got Here And Why It Matters Now

By Patrick Hindert and George Luecke Introduction: Understanding the Path to Today’s Challenges This article is the fourth in a six-part series examining how structured settlements interact with public benefit programs in an era of rapid legislative, judicial, and administrative change. As a reminder: Article 1 introduced the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), explaining...

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Structured Settlements and Medicaid: Building the Legal Framework for Benefit Protection
Government BenefitsCase StudiesIndustry NewsSettlement PlanningAugust 11, 2025by Patrick Hindert

Structured Settlements and Medicaid: Building the Legal Framework for Benefit Protection

By Patrick Hindert & George Luecke I. Introduction: A Growing Market Meets a Shifting Regulatory Landscape In 2024, the structured settlement market reached a historic milestone, generating $9.5 billion in annuity premium, the highest annual volume to date. Some industry experts have suggested the industry could reach an aspirational goal of $15 billion in annual...

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Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements
Government BenefitsIndustry NewsDecember 21, 2022by Patrick Hindert

Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements

Introduction How strategically important are Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) arrangements for the structured settlement market – and what is the current size and the future potential of this structured settlement submarket? Historically, the exact size of the structured settlement MSA market has been impossible to measure and difficult to estimate. The structured settlement industry reports annuity...

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Workers Compensation Medicare Set Aside Arrangements – Part 2
Government BenefitsIndustry NewsUncategorizedNovember 1, 2022by Patrick Hindert

Workers Compensation Medicare Set Aside Arrangements – Part 2

Introduction Medicare Secondary Payer experts, including structured settlement and settlement planning professionals whose practice regularly focuses on Medicare Set Aside (MSA) Arrangements, have spent the past couple of weeks analyzing how a recent announcement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will impact liability MSAs. On October 13, 2022, without explanation, CMS withdrew...

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Workers Compensation Medicare Set Aside Arrangements – Part 1
Industry NewsGovernment BenefitsSeptember 8, 2022by Patrick Hindert

Workers Compensation Medicare Set Aside Arrangements – Part 1

Workers Compensation Medicare Set Aside Arrangements (WCMSAs) have become a strategic subset of the structured settlement market. For this reason, structured settlement and settlement planning professionals should not only maintain up-to-date knowledge of current CMS WCMSA structured settlement rules but also be cognizant of both WCMSA history and current WCMSA structured settlement industry developments. This...

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Future Financial Planning for People with Disabilities – Part 3
Structured SettlementsGovernment BenefitsDecember 2, 2021by Patrick Hindert

Future Financial Planning for People with Disabilities – Part 3

The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities (NLCDD) at the University of Delaware has published a new National Study (Study) titled “Future Financial Planning for People with Disabilities” on its website that should be required reading for all structured settlement and settlement planning professionals. Introduction The purpose of this NLCDD project was to study future financial planning for people with disabilities...

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