Current Disability News
New Research Confirms that Certain Foods can Reduce Heart Disease and Stroke
Can the food you eat reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke? According to researchers of a recent diet study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, there is profound proof that, yes, you can, just by following one specific diet that has been proven to reduce heart disease and stroke by as [...]
Read moreMedicare’s Past and Uncertain Future for People with Disabilities
If you are one of the 8.82 million people collecting Social Security disability benefits, you know how important Medicare is to you. But how much do you know about this federal health insurance program? A Low-Cost Health Care Solution for the Elderly When Medicare was first signed into law in 1965, it was not available [...]
Read moreSocial Security Compassionate Allowance List Grows to 200 Disabling Conditions
The Social Security Administration (SSA), in its quest for quick delivery of disability benefits to the most severely ill, has identified 35 more conditions that qualify for Compassionate Allowance. The Compassionate Allowance program seeks to avoid unnecessary delays in getting disability benefits to the most severely ill. Another Milestone for Compassionate Allowance SSA Commissioner Michael [...]
Read moreSocial Security Disability Recipients Receive a 1.7 Percent Increase in 2013
The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced in October that people receiving Social Security disability insurance (SSDI) benefits, Social Security retirement benefits, or Supplemental Security Insurance (SSI) benefits are getting a little more purchasing power in 2013. The increase is called a cost of living adjustment (COLA), which in 2013 will amount to a 1.7 percent [...]
Read moreThe Arc Honors SSA Commissioner Astrue for Helping People with Disabilities
People with disabilities need advocates to champion their cause. According to The Arc, a national community-based group that protects the rights of people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, such an advocate is Michael J. Astrue, commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA). Astrue Committed to Better Serve People with Disabilities In a recent SSA press [...]
Read moreDoctors Test Medical App for Chronically Ill Patients
If you have a chronic illness, such as diabetes, depression or cardiovascular disease, would you want your doctor to be able to monitor your day-to-day moves and be alerted if something goes wrong with you? With today’s smartphone technology that can track where you are and what you’re doing, this could be the next big [...]
Read moreAdvocates Defend the Social Security Disability Insurance Program
Disability can strike anyone at any time. This is why, on August 1, 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law an amendment to the 1935 Social Security Act to provide a financial safety net, Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), to protect Americans unable to earn living due to illness or injury. Eisenhower said, “It is, [...]
Read moreWhat is Your Doctor Saying About Your Disabling Medical Condition?
You’re meeting with your doctor and she flashes you a smile and asks, “Nice to see you. How’s it going?” As she scans through her notes in your medical file, you feel compelled to respond as people do when in engaged in small talk. “Okay, I guess,” Without looking up she proceeds to pull out [...]
Read moreSocial Security Recognizes Rare Lung Disease as a Disability for Compassionate Allowance
The news that the Social Security Administration (SSA) has added Obliterative Bronchiolitis to its Compassionate Allowance list represents a bittersweet victory for one group of disabled Americans inflicted by the disease – veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Obliterative Bronchiolitis is a rare, irreversible and life-threatening lung disease. It is often caused by exposure [...]
Read moreHuntington’s Disease Added To Social Security’s Compassionate Allowance List
This land is your land, this land is my land, from California to the New York Island, from the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters, this land was made for you and me. – first verse to “This Land is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie, best known for his legacy of working-class [...]
Read moreHow the Supreme Court Ruling on Affordable Care Act Benefits the Disabled
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act is a big win for people with disabilities. It means that people with pre-existing health conditions such as heart disease, diabetes or cancer can’t be denied health insurance. And for insured Americans who get sick, they won’t have to fear that their [...]
Read moreHospital at Home Treatment for Chronically Ill Patients
Given the choice, would you want to go to the hospital or stay at home for treatment of a chronic illness? If you said, “stay at home” this could be an option soon. “Hospital at Home” programs are already available in Australia, England, Israel and Canada and, there are a few being tried out right [...]
Read moreFreedom Disability: Helping those in need, friend or fowl
Not only do the employees at Freedom Disability work hard getting their claimants the disability benefits they deserve, they put forth that same effort outside the office. On June 25th, while on their afternoon break, a group of Freedom Disability employees heard some strange noises coming from the sewer in the parking lot. To their surprise, they [...]
Read moreDoctors Cooking to Slow the Rise of Obesity Related Health Conditions
Chronic health conditions are on the rise in the United States and some doctors are paying attention, wanting to do more for their patients than just prescribe more pills. Ancient Wisdom Applied to Nutrition They are making sense of what Hippocrates, the ancient Greek physician and the “father of modern medicine,” meant when he said, [...]
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