Social Security recently posted its year-end data, which can be found here. It’s not news that Social Security posted its year-end data, this happens every year, but it is news what that data showed. As the debate continues and only promises to heat-up as we get closer to a Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) trust… Read more »
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Social Security Disability Solvent Through 2022
Many people may have missed this considering the busy holiday schedule during the last two months of 2015, but the headline is correct. Yes, the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Trust Fund is solvent through 2022. If this means nothing to you, you should know that less than a few months ago the SSDI Trust… Read more »
Year End Data Shows Social Security Disability Claims On The Decline
Social Security recently posted its year-end data, which can be found here. It’s not news that Social Security posted its year-end data, this happens every year, but it is news what that data showed. As the debate continues and only promises to heat-up as we get closer to a Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) trust… Read more »
Why So Angry?
This may be hard to believe, but the Greeman Toomey PLLC blog is not the only blog around on Social Security matters. There are plenty of other blogs you can find related to Social Security matters, mostly moderated by a different Social Security disability law firm or Social Security advocates. After perusing another blog about… Read more »
Understanding Auxiliary Benefits
Applying for and receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits provide some income to disabled workers who are unable to maintain gainful employment, but it does not solve all the problems of those who are unable to work. Money from Social Security only provides a portion of what a worker received while they were maintaining… Read more »
Social Security Disability Benefits For Non-Citizens
There are many people living in the United States who are not United States citizens. This does not mean they are in the country illegally because many of them are here legally and are considered permanent residents, but not U.S. citizens. Although the majority of people receiving Social Security disability benefits are U.S. citizens, there… Read more »
Social Security To Mark 80th Anniversary Later This Year
Social Security, especially the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) trust fund, is facing a funding crisis. Projections estimate the trust fund will be able to pay just 80 percent of benefits to disabled workers at some point during next year if there is no congressional action to sure up the fund. The crisis comes during… Read more »
Fraud in Social Security is Rare
Despite what you may have seen on television or read online, Social Security disability is not a program where fraud is running rampant where non-disabled workers are collecting checks that are costing U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars every year. To the contrary, there appears to be very little fraud within the Social Security disability program,… Read more »
Work Incentives For People Who Receive Disability Insurance Benefits
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has created special rules to encourage recipients of Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) to return to work. In order to be eligible to receive DIB benefits you must have a medical impairment(s) that prevents you from maintaining substantial gainful employment (SGA) for at least 12 months. In 2013, the SSA values… Read more »
I expedited my hearing request, why is my hearing still three months out?
If someone is in imminent danger of losing shelter, not being able to obtain food or medicine, imminent danger of death, or actively suicidal or homicidal as a result of their conditions, they may be eligible to have their hearing request expedited. The average wait time is around 12-15 months for a hearing, after the… Read more »
