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 »
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Bill Would Eliminate Disability Waiting Periods
Two legislators introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives that would “improve and restore” Social Security service. Social Security’s operating budget will increase by $480 million, but this bill, authored by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and U.S. Rep. John Larson, (D-Connecticut), would set Social Security’s administrative funding at 1.5… Read more »
Individual Education Levels Don’t Change Who Receives Disability Benefits
Social Security releases fact sheets on all sorts of demographics of people who collect Social Security benefits. One of the more interesting fact sheets Social Security released a few years ago examined the education levels of people who received Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits. According to Social Security’s fact sheet on the subject, there… Read more »
Employment Rights For Workers With Disabilities
Many Americans suffer from a disability that prevents them from working. Many times these impairments are so severe that Social Security disability benefits are awarded, but many other times even people with disabilities can maintain employment as long as “reasonable” accommodations are provided. Applicants who are qualified for a position cannot be discriminated against because… 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 »
GAO: Acting Social Security Commissioner Unlawful
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) informed President Donald Trump that Social Security Acting Commissioner Nancy Berryhill’s service after Nov. 17, 2017 has been unlawful because the Federal Vacancies Reform Act limits the time a position can be filled by an acting official. Berryhill has served as acting commissioner since Trump was sworn into office Jan…. Read more »
Cutting The Red Tape On Representative Payee Program
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would reduce the paperwork involved for some representative payees, who manage Social Security benefits on behalf of someone else. This legislation would address payees who are the family members, specifically the spouse, parent or legal guardian of someone, and would no longer be required to… Read more »
Do Social Security Employees Like Their Jobs?
Job satisfaction is something every working person strives for. No one wants to work at a job they hate going to every morning, they want just the opposite, they want to like their job and feel they are important pieces to an overall successful enterprise. Federal employees are no different. Job satisfaction is something we… 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 »
Hearing On Social Security Leadership Scheduled
Social Security has lacked a Senate-confirmed commissioner for more than five years, since Michael Astrue, whose term expired in January of 2013, left the agency. Since Astrue’s departure, Social Security has been operating with acting commissioners, first Carolyn Colvin, and current Acting Commissioner, Nancy Berryhill, who has operated in her post a little more than… Read more »
