For a variety of circumstances applicants may be able to receive expedited processing of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits and bypass the potential wait time of up to two years that most disability applicants face if they continue to appeal medical denials on claims. Unfortunately, most people who venture into the Social Security disability… Read more »
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Even Your Social Security Benefits Are Not Safe From Scammers
Last month the Social Security Administration issued a press release informing of a fraudulent e-mail “phishing” scam targeted at anyone who may be receiving Social Security benefits. A “phishing” scam is an attempt for scammers to acquire sensitive information, like usernames, passwords, credit card information or Social Security numbers by using a trustworthy entity such… Read more »
Healthcare Coverage Is Crucial To Disability Claims
We represent claimants on Social Security disability claims. Although a majority of these clients have healthcare and are able to adequately treat for the conditions that prevent them from working, there are still too many people out there who do not have health insurance and are not treating for their conditions. This is a real… Read more »
Lawsuit Blames Suicides On Discontinuation Of Disability Benefits
The widow and widower of two people who committed suicide in June of 2015 have filed a federal lawsuit against the Social Security Administration claiming that Social Security’s decision to take away disability benefits from the two people who took their own lives is partly responsible for the suicides. The decision to take away benefits… Read more »
Social Security Has Even Helped The Commissioner
Social Security disability or retirement benefits are not going to make anyone rich. Consider the fact that receiving these benefits only replaces a portion of a salary when the recipient was working, it results in those who receive benefits having to do more with less. We have talked many times that the people who receive… Read more »
New Rules For Attorney Advisor Decisions
We have talked at nauseam about wait times for Social Security disability hearings before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), which nationwide is averaging 15 months or longer, but a little-used procedure Social Security uses for some cases that are awaiting a hearing is slated to go through some changes. For several years Social Security has… Read more »
Will Lawsuit Change Hearing Wait Times?
Frustration over hearing wait times for Social Security disability hearings is nothing new, but now there is a group that is actually taking action against the Social Security Administration in the form of a federal lawsuit. Attorneys with Miami’s Health Rights Clinic, last year, filed a federal lawsuit against Social Security on behalf of 12… Read more »
Understanding Auxiliary Benefits
Applying for and receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits provide some income to disabled workers who are unable to maintain gainful employment, but it does not solve all the problems of those who are unable to work. Money from Social Security only provides a portion of what a worker received while they were maintaining… Read more »
Social Security Disability Benefits For Non-Citizens
There are many people living in the United States who are not United States citizens. This does not mean they are in the country illegally because many of them are here legally and are considered permanent residents, but not U.S. citizens. Although the majority of people receiving Social Security disability benefits are U.S. citizens, there… Read more »
Fraud in Social Security is Rare
Despite what you may have seen on television or read online, Social Security disability is not a program where fraud is running rampant where non-disabled workers are collecting checks that are costing U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars every year. To the contrary, there appears to be very little fraud within the Social Security disability program,… Read more »
