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The Backlogs: Not Getting Better, 10% Increase in Claims

Posted on April 20, 2009April 20, 2009 by Editor

Today’s San Jose Mercury writes that “the Social Security Disability Insurance system (SSDI) is crumbling under the pressure of a substantial disabled population, shrinking budgets…

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Astrue Laments State Layoffs Affecting Disabled

Posted on April 15, 2009April 15, 2009 by Editor

The New York Times joins the chorus of voices rising about layoffs by state governors. The governors need to slash budgets, but some of the…

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Difference Between Medicare and Medicaid

Posted on April 13, 2009April 18, 2009 by sfsarah

Today’s Huffington Post has a great article on the differences between Medicare and Medicaid – this is often a point of confusion for people applying…

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Salon.com Publishes Series on Failures of Army’s PTSD Treatment

Posted on April 12, 2009April 13, 2009 by Editor

Coming Home” is an investigative series about U.S. Army troops who have returned from Iraq. Salon national correspondent Mark Benjamin and Colorado-based journalist Michael de…

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Will COLA Increases Continue in Current Economic Climate?

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Rachel_Carlson

U S News and World Report reports that Social Security will not continue to pay a Cost of Living (COLA) increase each year. This would…

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How to Sabotoge Your Own Disability Claim

Posted on April 4, 2009April 4, 2009 by Rachel_Carlson

Here are a few ways we have found that a claimant can sabotage his own disability claim. 1. Refuse to see doctors regularly or as…

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Social Security: The Crisis is Now

Posted on April 3, 2009April 8, 2009 by sfsarah

As this article points out, we don’t have to wait for the collapse of the System, it has been looking us in the eye for…

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Legislators Angered at SSA’s Slow Improvement

Posted on March 26, 2009March 26, 2009 by Rachel_Carlson

Today’s Portland Oregonian reports that despite an infusion of $148 million and attention at the highest levels, the Social Security Administration has made little progress…

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New Help for the Uninsured

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Rachel_Carlson

Together Rx Access, a multicompany collaborative patient assistance program that provides discounts on prescription drugs for people without health insurance, has widened its eligibility criteria…

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Electronic Records Exchange: Will it Speed Decisions?

Posted on March 24, 2009March 24, 2009 by Rachel_Carlson

Social Security has apparently been using the records exchange protocols described in this article for over a year. The program can receive electronic records frommedical…

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