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If you would like to contact your Advocate, or hear a status update on your case, please call us at (877) 218-5017. You can also reach out to your Advocate through Freedom Square, a unique website created specifically for our customers. You will receive an email invite to Freedom Square after completing the initial interview with your [...]
Read moreMovember Moustaches for Prostate Cancer
In October, it’s all about “pink” and Breast Cancer Awareness. In November, it’s about “Mo.” That’s “mo” for moustache and the “Movember” global campaign to raise funds for, and awareness of, prostate cancer and men’s health issues. A Leading Cancer Killer Prostate cancer kills over 30,000 men in the United States every year. It is [...]
Read moreThirteen Disabling Medical Conditions Added to SSA Compassionate Allowance List
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has added thirteen severe medical conditions to its list of Compassionate Allowance conditions. The list, which began with just 50 severe conditions in 2008, has grown to 113 diseases that meet SSA’s strict definition of disability. These are conditions involving the immune system and neurological disorders. In an October 13 [...]
Read moreMedicare Open Enrollment Earlier This Fall
A provision under the Affordable Care Act has changed Medicare’s Open Enrollment Period to start a full month earlier than last year. The new dates are October 15 through December 7. The earlier period stretches over seven weeks, which is also longer than last year’s period of November 15 through December 31. The intention of [...]
Read moreSocial Security Administration Takes Action to Stop Threats to Employees
The number of threats made to SSA employees by visitors to local SSA offices has jumped 43 percent in 2010. The rash of nearly 2,800 incidents has led the Social Security Administration (SSA) to take serious action. They have put together a new rule intended to lessen, if not stop all together, a disconcerting trend [...]
Read moreSocial Security Disability Beneficiaries Get Paid on Time After All
Americans relying on their Social Security disability benefits can rest easy for a while, now that the U.S. government has more borrowing power to pay its bills. Debt-ceiling legislation passed the House and Senate August 2 after a long and contentious give-and-take between two political parties with two different points of view on what will [...]
Read moreMobile Devices Could be Bad for Your Eyes
I just found out that texting could be bad for my eyes. I say, so what? I need my cell phone. One good reason is that I want to know what’s going on with my young adult kids. I don’t call them because I know they won’t answer their smartphones. So, instead of leaving them voicemail messages, I send them texts. Nine times out of 10 I’ll get an instant response. It’s amazing how that works. Read more…
Read moreShould I Apply Online for Social Security Disability Benefits?
You may do a lot of things online: check the weather; shop for deals; research medical conditions. Why not apply on your own for disability benefits online too? It may seem simple enough to click through the online Social Security Benefit Application, fill in the answers, and then hit “send.” But there’s nothing simple about SSA’s questions…
Read moreSSA’s Compassionate Allowance List Expands to 100 Conditions for Fast-Track Disability Approvals
Twelve severe heart diseases have been added to SSA’s Compassionate Allowance conditions…
Read moreThe Buzz Phrase for Sunscreen Products Now is “Broad Spectrum”
New FDA regulations will require that sunscreen products that protect against all types of sun damage including skin cancer…
Read moreStates Fight Over Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act
Is it right for the federal government to mandate that Americans maintain health care insurance by 2014? Twenty-six states have banded together to argue that it is not right. The federal government argues that it is…
Read moreYou Could Get Sick from the Fresh Produce You Eat
Anyone can get sick from food. But people who have a disabling medical condition could get…
Read moreSocial Security Funds to Pay Disability Benefits are at Risk
The long-term solvency of Social Security is at risk if changes don’t happen soon to ensure its financial health.
Read moreSocial Security Announces Phase-Out of Paying Benefits by Paper Checks
The Social Security Administration (SSA) is encouraging a “warp-speed” transition to electronic payments of federal benefits by 2013…
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