Social Security has continuously updated it protocols in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and how it operates. The agency has created a special section of its website to these updates and recently informed of its health and safety plan for employees and the public inside Social Security offices. Due to the pandemic, Social Security offices… Read more »
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People Who Don’t Know Speak
Every now and then we like to checkout Social Security’s blog that deals with different topics and programs Social Security offers. One feature these blogs offer is a place to comment about the content of the blog. Typically, if you read most stories on the internet that offer a place to comment you will get… Read more »
New Judge Rule Will Likely Lead To More Social Security Disability Denials
The Social Security Administration can now put the fate of disability claimants in the hands of internally employed agency Administrative Appeals Judges (AAJs) rather than the previous practice of putting independently minded Administration Law Judges (ALJs), who not beholden to the agency, in charge of making disability decisions for appeals hearing. Many experts believe the… Read more »
Biden Infrastructure Plan Includes $400 Billion In Services For People With Disabilities
President Joe Biden recently announced a $2 trillion infrastructure plan with a goal of rebuilding the infrastructure of the country, mainly the roads and bridges of the nation that would be a job creator, but that is not the only funding in the plan. Biden’s plan also calls for $400 million for in-home and community-based… Read more »
If Implemented Biden Social Security Plan Would Be A Game Changer
A recent editorial from the Boston Globe urged President Joe Biden to increase Social Security taxes on high income earners as he campaigned on to help fix the Social Security funding problem and stress that it should be included in the infrastructure plan Biden recently introduced. The editorial makes sense, it is calling for something… Read more »
Social Security Recipients To Receive Most Of The Most Recent Stimulus Checks Issued
Several news agencies reported this week that the latest round of stimulus checks were issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and that most of the latest recipients are also Social Security benefit recipients who have been wondering whether they would ever receive their checks. Members of Congress previously pressured the Social Security Administration and… Read more »
Be Vigilant About Scamming Letters And Phone Calls
Social Security continues to warn the public about ongoing scams that are targeting the personal information of Americans including Social Security numbers in an effort to defraud and steal money from Social Security beneficiaries. The Social Security Administration is urging the public to stay aware of and vigilant about fighting these types of scams. We… Read more »
Good Cause On Missing Deadlines
During the process of a Social Security disability case there are many deadlines a claimant will need to be aware of. There are deadlines to complete paperwork, there are deadlines to request ongoing payments and most importantly there are deadlines to file appeals. Missing a deadline can lead to a claim being dropped and a… Read more »
Social Security Not Showing Leadership On Stimulus Payment Issue
In a previous blog post we discussed that millions of Social Security beneficiaries had not yet received the latest round of stimulus payments and that members of Congress were pressuring Social Security to provide answers of why these people had not already received their payments. To be fair, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is in… Read more »
People Who Don’t Know Speak
Every now and then we like to checkout Social Security’s blog that deals with different topics and programs Social Security offers. One feature these blogs offer is a place to comment about the content of the blog. Typically, if you read most stories on the internet that offer a place to comment you will get… Read more »
