After you receive a Social Security payment you may think the hard part it over, and many times that is the case, but sometimes Social Security makes mistakes and issues the wrong payment to a beneficiary. If you receive a payment and it does not seem like the correct amount, you should check award letters… Read more »
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Social Security Program Evaluations
It may take forever and a day sometimes to reach someone at a local Social Security office by phone, but accuracy does not appear to be a problem for the agency. A Social Security evaluation of telephone service at field offices looked at three different categories of accuracy, payment, service and access to disclosure accuracy… Read more »
Social Security Subcommittee To Be Led By Democrat
A new Congress has been freshly sworn into office and now the Democrats have control of the U.S. House of Representatives, which means Democrats get to chair committees and subcommittees as the majority party. The new members of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security were announced and U.S. Rep. John Larson (D-Connecticut)… Read more »
The History Of Social Security COLA
For most people the cost of living increases with each passing year. To deal with the increased costs of goods and services many people rely on a pay increase from an employer, whether it is a public employer or a private employer. Even people who receive Social Security retirement, disability or survivor’s benefits need a… Read more »
More Fear Being Spread About Social Security
This post could have as easily been listed in previous blogs we posted about “people who don’t know speak” because it focuses on a web article posted by TV personality, who quotes a financial planner and they both clearly don’t know much about the future of Social Security. You can access the article here. The… Read more »
The Chief Actuary
Since 2001 Stephen Goss has served as the Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration, which most people are probably unaware of, but more importantly than who the Chief Actuary is may be what the Chief Actuary does. The position of Chief Actuary, which reports directly to Social Security’s commissioner, is actually a pretty important… Read more »
Processing Times And Staffing Levels
The National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives (NOSSCR) recently released a processing time report for requests on disability hearings at Social Security’s Office of Hearings Operation (OHO) indicating Social Security is making some progress of reducing the number of people who are facing endless wait times. The report showed we start to see progress… Read more »
A History Of Medicare And Medicaid
Medicare and Medicaid have not been around as long as Social Security, but the two healthcare programs that provide coverage to the disabled, retired and less fortunate are no less important in the lives of millions of Americans. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965 and for more than 50 years there have been important… Read more »
You Can Collect Social Security Benefits Even If You’ve Never Worked
Social Security has many different programs and types of benefits, including retirement, disability and survivor’s benefits. Although many of the programs base benefit amounts and eligibility to work history, there are some instances where a person who has never worked can collect benefits. One program that provides benefits to people, not based on their work… Read more »
Life Expectancy Has Always Been A Factor For Social Security Benefits
When Social Security was established in the 1930s age 65 was established as the full-retirement age for people to start collecting benefits. Back then it was no given that a person would reach 65 in order to collect benefits, but today the life expectancy of Americans is well past 65, but the full-retirement age has… Read more »
