This article echos our wonder at the many articles (and candidates) who refer to Social Security as an “entitlement”program. Although the SSI program may be…
Christian Science Monitor joins many other of today’s Associated Press papers in noting the surge of applications for disability this years, fueled by the high…
Today’s Washington Post reports on the deluge of applications for disability: “Laid-off workers and aging baby boomers are flooding Social Security’s disability program with benefit…
Today’s Washington Post reports: Diane Braunstein’s large smile and warm laugh can be infectious. She speaks calmly as she sits in a high-backed, dark wooden…
Our national advocacy organization NOSSCR (see: www.nosscr.org) today issued this bulletin: In today’s Federal Register, SSA published SSR 11-1p, which revises SSA’s policy for filing…
Today’s CBS Money-Watch article has a good discussion of the implications of the debt deal for Social Security. These ideas apply equally to disability payments:…
Recently Social Security decided to stop mailing out annual statements with information about benefits. There is an online source, easy to use, that will give…
Here’s a good article about how Social Security Disability can help when Heart Disease strikes: “Despite efforts to educate people regarding cardiovascular and other heart-related…