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Few people who go through the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) process realize that if they do in fact win a disability case and are found disabled they are not, many times, immediately eligible for Medicare. Medicare was originally intended for Social Security retirement recipients, age 65 and older, but was later expanded to include… Read more »

We have talked many times about how long the Social Security disability process can take. Most people who continue to pursue disability benefits even after they are initially denied will end up waiting the better part of two years before a concrete decision is made of whether they are disabled and are entitled to benefits…. Read more »

We realize it may be a stretch for ordinary people to want to keep up with the comings and goings of the Social Security Administration, but sometimes circumstances permit where someone does want to follow the latest news regarding the agency due to a possible retirement or disability interest. This blog is an ongoing piecemeal… Read more »

The term permanently disabled doesn’t apply to the Social Security disability program. Some Americans may believe that once Social Security considers someone disabled that they are permanently disabled, but this is not the case. That doesn’t mean that there are not some people who are found disabled by Social Security who never end up working… Read more »

Recently the republicans on the Appropriations Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives supported cutting President Barack Obama’s proposed budget request for the Social Security Administration by $1.2 billion, which would result in less money for SSA than the previous year. If enacted there will be some serious consequences for Social Security beneficiaries and other… Read more »

Social Security disability claimants who receive notice that their request for a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) has been transferred to the National Hearing Center (NHC) sometimes get easily confused about what this means. Request for hearings are transferred to the NHC to help speed up the hearings process when a local hearing’s… Read more »

  The Social Security disability process typically consists of two different programs, Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). The SSDI program provides disabled worker’s benefits based on a worker’s earnings while they were working. The monthly amount is similar to what the worker’s full retirement Social Security benefit would be. Anyone… Read more »

Many businesses at some point attempt to gauge the happiness of its employees, and those businesses that don’t, really should. Determining the happiness of employees is a good way to make sure employee retention is high. If a business has a high number of unhappy employees it would serve the business leaders well to determine… Read more »

Every four years political parties gather for their convention to officially anoint the party’s candidate for president and vice president. As you might be aware we are right in the middle of convention season. Although there are no real surprises as to who will receive the party’s official nomination as there were during conventions decades… Read more »

I don’t know if you would necessarily say this is good news or bad news, but considering increases to Social Security checks on a annual basis is never a given I would lean toward this being good news. Social Security’s Office of chief actuary estimated that a cost of living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security… Read more »