In this week’s (Portland) Oregonian, investigative reporters search out the causes of the enormous backlogs in waits for hearings. Rare interviews with sitting judges reveal…
From Today’s New York Times, here’s an interesting reminder about the core value of the Social Security system, in an era of disappearing private retirement…
Teresa Ghilarducci, an economist at the New School for Social Research, has emerged as the primary exponent of “Guaranteed Retirement Accounts,†or G.R.A.’s. The way…
Newsweek reports: (WASHINGTON) Master toolmaker John McClain built machine parts with details so small they couldn’t be seen with the naked eye. Then a lump…
The Social Security Administration will begin using the Nationwide Health Information Network in early 2009 to evaluate disability claims, according to an agency announcement released…
As baby boomers reach their most disability-prone years, the SSA has seen its disability workload grow significantly in the last five years. In order to…
Viewers in our area filing for Social Security Disability insurance benefits and waiting years for answers. Sadly, some die before they even get a final…
US News and World Report asks the question. Many retirees who have reduced spending power because of depleted 401(k) accounts are thankful that President Bush’s…