Current Disability News
SSA Streamlines Efficiencies to Tackle Disability Claims Backlog
SSA has found a way to cut the time it takes to approve disability claims…
Read moreExtra Help with Medicare Prescription Drug Costs Now Available
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced a change in Medicare that makes it easier for seniors and people with disabilities to pay their prescription drug costs…
Read moreApplication Deadline is January 8 for D.C. Summer Internship Programs for College Students with Disabilities
You have an amazing opportunity to work in Washington, D.C. this summer if you are a college student with a disability…
Read moreSocial Insurance Policy Seminar Reveals Additional Factors Feeding Disability Benefits Backlog
On November 18, scholars from the National Academy of Social Insurance came together to discuss ways to promote a better understanding of how the nation’s two largest disability income maintenance programs can work more efficiently together to improve services to injured workers and their families…
Read moreFreedom Disability Plans for More Jobs, More Disability Benefits Approvals – and More Community Giving in 2010
Freedom Disability gives back to the community and is looking to hire…
Read moreOn the Job Disability Discrimination Claims Hits Record High in 2009
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has reported that claims for disability discrimination in the workplace rose approximately 10 percent in 2009…
Read moreClosing Medicare’s “Doughnut Hole” Would Benefit SSDI Recipients
Medicare Part D adds a prescription drug benefit to Medicare, but there is a costly coverage gap that is affecting, not only seniors on Medicare, but, also, people with disabilities…
Read moreDisability Benefits Backlogs Worsen: Are States Cutting Back?
States laying off workers as applications for Social Security Disability benefits continue to skyrocket…
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