The other shoe has now dropped. The fiscal year 2017 budget behind him, President Donald Trump is now proposing an $800 billon cut over 10 years to “means-tested” entitlement programs according to an article in Roll Call, a Washington D.C. newspaper that covers Capitol Hill. According to the article, there are no specifics on how… Read more »
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Commissioner Reports Good Budget News
Acting Social Security Commissioner Nancy A. Berryhill issued a May 5 message to all Social Security employees about issues related to the 2017 fiscal year budget and how Social Security will be impacted. The news could be a lot worse than it is. The 2017 fiscal year budget, which provides government spending through the end… Read more »
Fight Over Health Care Bill Moves To Senate
Clearing its first major hurdle over the fight to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, U.S. House of Representative Republicans and President Donald Trump did a victory lap after the bill passed the House 217-213. No Democrats in the House supported the bill and 20 Republicans voted against it. The… Read more »
Social Security Disability and Depression
Depression is a major condition in which some people seek Social Security disability for because the condition prevents them from working. Social Security considers an individual to be disabled because of a major depressive disorder if the symptoms prevent the individual from working and the condition is expected to last at least 12 months. For… Read more »
When A Social Security Claimant Dies
Because the Social Security disability process can be a long and winding road, on occasion, a disabled worker who has applied for Social Security disability dies before the final outcome of the case. Many people, including the deceased’s family, believe the claim is over, but that is not necessarily the case. It certainly is not… Read more »
Appeals Council Decisions: Notice of Remand
If you filed a Request for Review of your hearing decision with the Social Security Administration (SSA) Appeals Council you may receive in the mail a Notice of Remand. This means that the Appeals Council has transferred your claim back to the SSA Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) for another hearing. The Appeals… Read more »
Republican Health-Care Bill Round 2
This time they mean business. The Republican majority in the House of Representatives, who are being encouraged by President Donald Trump, are back at it with their effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. The first attempt, which occurred a little more than a month ago failed in the… Read more »
Government Pensions Can Reduce Social Security Benefits
Occasionally we will have former government employees and potential clients who inquire with our office about their eligibility for Social Security disability benefits. Most of these people are not aware of how government pensions can impact Social Security benefits and some people are crestfallen when they learn they are not eligible for Social Security Disability… Read more »
Options For Fixing Social Security
The senior editor for retirement at the U.S. News & World Report posted an informative article about six different ways to fix the Social Security system that eventually will run out of money if there are not changes made to the system. After looking at the different possibilities we can come to the conclusion that… Read more »
New Immune System Disorder Listings
In our continuing effort to provide information related to Social Security’s new listings on mental impairments we are going to look at changes made to the Immune System Disorder listings. And, as just a reminder, Social Security’s set of listings are used in evaluating disability claims judging a condition’s severity and how it limits a… Read more »
