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Mental Illness, Homelessness and Disability

Posted on March 4, 2016March 4, 2016 by Editor

Having a disability is a factor that increases the risk of becoming homeless. In 2009, almost 38 percent of the homeless population had a disability,…

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Social Security Disability Program Growing as Projected

Posted on August 6, 2014August 6, 2014 by Editor

Here is a terrific article that outlines all the benefits available under the disability program. It analyzes the reassuring projections made by SSA decades ago,…

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Economic Security of Social Security Benefits

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Nick Henderson

From our colleague Debra Shifrin: More than 14 million American workers depend on the Social Security Disability Insurance program for life-sustaining funds needed to help…

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Unemployment Rate Continues to Impact Disability Applications

Posted on January 21, 2012February 2, 2012 by Editor

The Wall Street Journal reports that the market is flooded with qualified workers and employers can afford to be picky. As a result, workers with…

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Long Wait for Medicare Fatal to Oregon Woman

Posted on January 4, 2012February 2, 2012 by Editor

Many are unaware of this fact: after one is found eligible for Social Security disability payments, there is a wait of 25 months until Medicare…

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As Unemployment Benefits Expire, Many Turn to Social Security

Posted on December 29, 2011February 2, 2012 by Editor

NPR reports that more than three million extra people are now collecting Social Security payments because of disability, than were in 2007. A new report…

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Advocates Complain of Long Waits, Backlogs of Claims

Posted on December 27, 2011February 2, 2012 by Editor

The Wall Street Journal this week is running a series on the long delays at Social Security. The backlog of applications for disability benefits is…

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National Law Firms Criticized

Posted on December 23, 2011February 2, 2012 by Editor

After practicing in this area for decades we can say it could be transformed and cured if there were a way to get partial disability.…

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Accounting for Social Security Explained

Posted on December 18, 2011February 2, 2012 by Editor

Amid all the rhetoric about the Social Security program’s finances, here is a nice simple explanation and graphs from the New York Times showing where…

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Unemployment Explains High Disability Application Rates

Posted on December 16, 2011February 2, 2012 by Editor

Everyone “knew” that disability applications were going up because of high unemployment rates, but here is a study that confirms the obvious: people need help.…

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