Nearly everyone knows about the Social Security Administration in America, the federal agency that provides retirement, disability and survivor’s benefits to millions of Americans every year, but most people are unaware there is an international Social Security agency. The International Social Security Association, founded in 1927, is a group of Social Security administrations and agencies… Read more »
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Disability Payments That May Impact Social Security Disability
Disabled workers many times become disabled on the job, when this happens they are potentially eligible for worker’s compensation benefits as well as Social Security disability benefits. Although a disabled worker is potentially eligible for both types of benefits, these are two separate entities that have to be applied for individually. Because both types of… Read more »
Will Social Security Show It CARES About Hearing Wait Times?
The wait times for disability hearings before an Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) have bordered on the ridiculous for quite some time. Regularly, it has taken Social Security between 12 and 15 months to schedule hearings nationwide, but rather than these wait times decreasing, they have only increased at most hearing locations. Social Security officials have… Read more »
How To File For Social Security Benefits
Recently posted on PBS Newshour Boston University economist Larry Kotikoff, a noted Social Security expert, discussed the different ways to apply for Social Security benefits, whether they be retirement, disability or survivor’s benefits. The post was not earth-shattering news as most people realize they have a few different options to apply for benefits, but it… Read more »
Disability Trust Fund Is Looking Better Too
In a previous blog post we highlighted the fact that the Social Security Old Age and Survivor’s Trust Fund looks to be in good shape for years to come and that the fund continues to take in more money than it is paying out. In political and economic terms we call this a surplus. Although… Read more »
Applying For Retirement and Disability At Same Time
Social Security’s disability and retirement programs are two different funds, but on occasion people can actually apply for both programs at the same time. For this to occur, a Social Security disability applicant must be at least 62 years of age. This is the age in which workers who have paid into Social Security sufficiently… Read more »
You Can’t Work Fulltime And Claim That You Are Unable To
It might be common sense for some to know that you can’t claim to be unable to do something if at that time you are actually doing the thing you are claiming you can’t do, but it happens all the time in the Social Security disability process. We have potential clients who want us to… Read more »
Social Security While in Prison or Jail
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments generally are not payable for months that an individual is confined to a jail, prison or certain other public institutions for commission of a crime and a person is not automatically eligible for Social Security or SSI payments when being released from prison or jail. If you are… Read more »
Did You Know You Can Change How You Get Social Security Benefits?
Deciding when to start receiving Social Security retirement benefits can be a big decision that depends on a lot of factors. Of course, if someone is in a desperate financial situation the decision is easy and someone is probably going to begin collecting Social Security benefits as early as possible, but the general rule is… Read more »
People Who Don’t Know Speak
It is time for another version of People Who Don’t Know Speak. Every now and then we like to checkout Social Security’s blog that deals with different topics and programs Social Security offers. One feature these blogs offer is a place to comment about the content of the blog. Typically, if you read most stories… Read more »
