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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 moreRailroad Disability Benefits Added to the Freedom Disability Mission
Here at Freedom Disability we take pride in listening to our customers. For example, when veterans of the United States Armed Forces told us they needed help getting disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), we took action. I’m proud to say that, since 2010, our sister company Alpha, with its group of [...]
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 moreWhat are Non-Medical Requirements for Social Security Disability Benefits?
One of our claimants—let’s call her Kathleen – was confused and concerned when she got a letter from the Social Security Administration (SSA) that stated she had met the medical requirements for disability benefits, but the non-medical requirements of her claim still needed to be reviewed before a decision could be made. SSA asked her [...]
Read moreSocial Security Disability and Retirement Benefits – What’s the Difference?
Answers to Questions about Disability and Retirement Benefits I know from my experience in helping people with their Social Security disability claims both here at Freedom Disability, and in past years at the Social Security Administration (SSA), that people get confused about Social Security disability benefits and Social Security retirement benefits. In fact, we get [...]
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 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 moreDisability Advocate Manager
Freedom Disability is seeking an experienced Advocate Manager for it’s rapidly growing Shelton, Connecticut location…
Read moreSocial Security Administration Faces Disability Backlog Challenges
The Social Security Administration is under a lot of scrutiny these days – from how to keep the federal program strong for next generations – to how it is managing the disability claims backlog with less budget money…
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.
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