At the beginning of 2019, Social Security paid an average monthly disability benefit of about $1,234 to all disabled workers. That is barely enough to…
Every year, the Social Security Board of Trustees releases its short-term (10-year) and long-term (75-year) outlook for the program, taking into account a number of…
It is sometimes possible to re-open prior disability claims as part of a new claim filing, if a medical condition has been ongoing. You cannot…
Disability payments from private sources, such as private pensions or insurance benefits, don’t affect your Social Security disability benefits. Workers’ compensation and other public disability…
Patients seek out doctors to provide treatment and cures, and physicians practice medicine hoping to successfully diagnose and treat people with illnesses. Contrary to those…
There is a new form at https://oig.ssa.gov to receive reports from the public of Social Security-related scams. These scams—in which fraudulent callers mislead victims into making…
According to the American Red Cross, winter is “one of the most difficult times of year to collect enough blood products to meet patient needs.”…
You may not have realized you weren’t getting this important document, but the House Ways and Means Committee recently passed the Know Your Social Security…
The government is proposing changes to Social Security regulations that could terminate disability payments to hundreds of thousands of Americans, particularly older people and children.…
Starting on January 8, 2020, Social Security Administration offices nationwide will be open to the public on Wednesday afternoons, restoring public service hours that were…