A previous blog post announced that Social Security was considering mandating video teleconferencing hearings for a Social Security disability cases, taking another option off the table for claimants and disability advocates. During a video hearing, typically the claimant and his or her representative appear in one location while the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) appears in… Read more »
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SSI Claims For Low Birth Weight
No one wants to think about the possibility have having a newborn that has health issues, but it happens. One condition that can be very serious is a low birth weight. When a baby is born with an extremely low birth weight they face all types of challenges growing and are more susceptible to other… Read more »
Immune System Disorders
Social Security’s Listing of Impairments has an entire section on immune system disorders. Having an immune system disorder can be severely impairing and depending on the symptoms and severity of the immune system disorder, can qualify a person for Social Security disability benefits. Below is certain criteria Social Security uses to determine if an immune… Read more »
The Latest With Social Security
We realize it may be a stretch for ordinary people to want to keep up with the comings and goings of the Social Security Administration, but sometimes circumstances permit where someone does want to follow the latest news regarding the agency due to a possible retirement or disability interest. This blog is an ongoing piecemeal… Read more »
Report: More Medical Visits Does Not Equal Disability
Social Security asked the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine to examine health care utilization, including in-patient hospitalizations, emergency department visits and hospital readmissions, to determine whether these medical visits equaled severity of conditions as it relates to the Social Security disability process. Big surprise, this group was unable to correlate health care utilization… Read more »
Report Shows Widows And Widowers Were Underpaid By Social Security
A report released in February of 2018, by the Office of the Inspector General for the Social Security Administration, showed that the agency underpaid widows and widowers by more than $131 million because these beneficiaries were not informed that they would receive a higher benefit amount, if they delayed receiving retirement benefits until age 70…. Read more »
The Social Security Fact Sheet
Every year Social Security’s rules and regulations change. These changes are important because every year there are new income limits to receiving benefits or different criteria Social Security uses to determine if someone qualifies for benefits. To help keep people up-to-date on all the changes, Social Security has created the Fact Sheet. This Fact Sheet… Read more »
Social Security In The 1950s
For a decade, between 1940 and 1950, few changes were made to Social Security after being established in the 1930s. Payment amounts were fixed and no legislation was offered to change aspects of the program, but the 1950s brought new amendments to Social Security and significant changes. During this time Social Security was underfunded and… Read more »
What Midterm Election Results Could Mean For Social Security
The votes are in and the Democratic Party has taken control of the U.S. House of Representatives for at least the next two years. The Republicans maintained control of the U.S. Senate and President Donald Trump will be in office as well for at least the next two years, but what do these election results… Read more »
The 1.2 Trillion The Rich Have Saved From Social Security Taxes
More than 90 percent of American workers pay Social Security taxes on all their earnings, but it’s the less than 10 percent of wealthy American workers who have not had to pay Social Security taxes on all their earnings which has led to $1.2 trillion escaping Social Security taxes, according to a recent report from… Read more »
