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 »
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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 »
Social Security To Mark 80th Anniversary Later This Year
Social Security, especially the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) trust fund, is facing a funding crisis. Projections estimate the trust fund will be able to pay just 80 percent of benefits to disabled workers at some point during next year if there is no congressional action to sure up the fund. The crisis comes during… 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 »
Work Incentives For People Who Receive Disability Insurance Benefits
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has created special rules to encourage recipients of Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) to return to work. In order to be eligible to receive DIB benefits you must have a medical impairment(s) that prevents you from maintaining substantial gainful employment (SGA) for at least 12 months. In 2013, the SSA values… Read more »
I expedited my hearing request, why is my hearing still three months out?
If someone is in imminent danger of losing shelter, not being able to obtain food or medicine, imminent danger of death, or actively suicidal or homicidal as a result of their conditions, they may be eligible to have their hearing request expedited. The average wait time is around 12-15 months for a hearing, after the… Read more »
What Happens if My SSI Payments Stop?
There may be no more unsettling letter to receive than a Social Security notice indicating that your Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments will be stopped. This type of letter can arrive for a variety of reasons, but the main reasons are for earning too much income or Social Security determines that you are no longer… Read more »
How Long Will That Take?
When assisting Social Security disability applicants a frequent question is “how long will that take?” Not only is the question asked frequently by the majority of applicants, but it is asked multiple times by the same applicant. The reason this is the case is because there is a lot of waiting time involved with either… Read more »
Medicare And Social Security Disability
It may not be widely known because when someone thinks about Medicare they usually think about it being a healthcare program for seniors, but it is also for those who have been found to be disabled by the Social Security Administration, no matter what age you are. As long as a disabled worker who meets… Read more »
A Closer Look Inside The Social Security Administration
Most people realize that the Social Security Administration provides disability and retirement payments to millions of Americans every year, but few people have any idea how the agency is organized. In all, Social Security has more than 1,400 offices across the country and has a presence in United States embassies all over the world. At… Read more »
