Current Disability News
Movember 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 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 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 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…
Read moreWill a Government Shutdown Hurt Social Security Disability Claimants?
As Congress continues its debate over budget cuts, many of our customers waiting for decisions from the Social Security Administration (SSA) on their disability claims are worried …
Read moreSocial Security Cuts Reporting Services to Save Millions of Dollars
The Social Security Administration,in an effort to save budget dollars, is suspending the mailing of earnings statement until the fall…
Read moreBudget Cuts Threaten to Increase the Social Security Disability Claims Backlog
Will Congress cut budget dollars SSA needs to reduce the disability claims backlog?…
Read moreAlzheimer’s Expected to Rise as Largest Generation Ages
One in eight baby boomers, an expected 10 million people, could be stricken with Alzheimer’s Disease…
Read moreSocial Security Administration to Consider Autoimmune Disease for Compassionate Allowance
The seventh in a series of Compassionate Allowance hearings will focus on autoimmune disease,which is ranked among the ten leading causes of death in women …
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