The Social Security Administration has asked the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which is administered by the White House, to approve the publishing of an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking related to pain for the adult disability process. The request is rather vague and does not provide any proposed changes to how pain is… Read more »
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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 »
The Payment Process
The first question that many people have once they discover Social Security has approved them for disability benefits is when they will receive their first payment? Social Security has put together information about how, when and why disability payments will be provided and below is some specific information describing what to expect related to payments…. Read more »
What It Was Like Before Social Security
Previous blog posts have chronicled the changes throughout the decades that have been made to Social Security since the creation of the program in 1935. Although Social Security was initially created as a retirement program it was expanded to provide benefits to the disabled and to survivors and looks quite a bit different than it… 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 »
Military Veterans On Social Security Disability
The Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program provides disability benefits to disabled workers who are medically unable to sustain fulltime work. The people who receive these benefits come from all different types of backgrounds and work in many different types of industries, including the United States military. Veterans comprise a significant percentage of those who… Read more »
New Proposal Could Mandate Video Hearings
For most applicants who apply for Social Security disability benefits, the hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) is the ultimate decision maker whether the applicant qualifies as disabled and is entitled to benefits, but now Social Security wants take any choice the applicant has in the matter away. The Office of Management and Budget… 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 »
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 »
Social Security Is Not An Entitlement Program It Is A Work Benefit Program
Anytime someone wants to minimize the importance of Social Security they call it an entitlement program. One party in particular, always calls it an entitlement program. When they call it an entitlement program they are falsely spreading the idea that Americans are entitled to benefits just because they were born in the country. No one… Read more »
