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Thirteen 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 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 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 moreInjured Carpenter Qualifies for Disability Benefits – A Lesson on Vocational Grids
Pete was a carpenter by trade but one day he fell on his back. He didn’t recover well…his doctor told him he could never go back to carpentry work and advised Pete to apply for …
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 moreTalk it Out at Freedom Square
From the first day that Freedom Disability takes on your case, you become our customer. This means that in addition to our high-level advocacy service, you get privileges…
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