Most states feature three basic levels of the Social Security disability process. There is the initial application for disability benefits, which is typically denied, followed by the Request for Reconsideration level, which is also usually denied, followed by the Request for Hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). Most cases, if appealed, end up before… Read more »
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Social Security From 2010 To 2017
Previous blog posts have reported on Social Security’s stagnate operating budget since the year 2010. Actually, info published by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities highlights this fact better than any as it recently showed how much better things were in 2010. Social Security faces increased workload with fewer resources than it did more… Read more »
Exceptions To Medicare’s 24-Month Waiting Rule
People who are found disabled by the Social Security Administration, and entitled to Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits, automatically qualify for Medicare coverage, but there is a catch. Although many people will qualify for Medicare coverage immediately, some do not because Social Security has a waiting period before coverage kicks in. The 24-month waiting… Read more »
Interim Assistance Agreements
The term Interim Assistance Agreements may be foreign to some, but Minnesotans who have no source of income, due to disabilities and an inability to work, probably know the term well if they reached out to the state of Minnesota for cash assistance and other resources. The sate provides many different types of assistance. There… Read more »
Does Trump’s Top Economic Advisor Want To Privatize Social Security?
A recent story published by The Motley Fool dug-up some interesting quotes on Social Security from President Donald Trump’s White House Chief Economic Advisor Larry Kudlow, a former CNBC commentator. These quotes indicate that Kudlow is not too worried about Social Security reserves being exhausted by 2034 as long as 3 percent economic growth exists,… Read more »
Despite More Appropriations Social Security Employees Keep Disappearing
Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed a spending bill worth more than $1 trillion dollars. Included in that package was an extra $480 million worth of funding for Social Security. Since the agency has an extra $480 million you could come to the logical conclusion that the number of Social Security employees would increase… Read more »
Social Security Scams On The Rise
Unfortunately, financial scams are a part of life that many people have to deal with. There are always going to be nefarious people out there who are looking to steal money from hard-working Americans, and one major vehicle these criminals use is by claiming to be from the Social Security Administration to get personal information…. Read more »
Cutting Social Security Would Not Be A Popular Move
One of the Republican ideas how to solve the funding gap Social Security is facing in 2034 when the agency is projected to fall short of being able to meet 100 percent of beneficiary obligations is to reduce Social Security benefits, but this is not popular idea among most Americans. A recent story found on… Read more »
Social Security COLA Increase Could Be Largest Since 2012
October tends to be a month Social Security beneficiaries pay close attention to every month because this is when the announcement comes about what Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will be for the following year. Ideally, a beneficiary receives an increase in benefits each year as determined by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage… Read more »
Chief ALJ Says Current ALJs Are Safe
A recent Executive Order from President Donald Trump directed a change in the way Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) are appointed. Trump executed this EO after the Supreme Court ruled that a Securities and Exchange Commission ALJ’s ruling was not valid because the way ALJs are appointed violates the Appointments Clause of the Constitution. Trump’s EO… Read more »
