Years of budget cuts by Congress have left the Social Security Administration (SSA) short of staff on its toll-free customer service line, up to 40-minute…
As we close out 2014, there are still many challenges for folks applying for Social Security disability. Studies show higher denial rates last year, the…
The Social Security Administration has been working for years to reduce its backlog of disability claims, which now stands at 780,000 claims. It even hired…
From today’s Atlanta Journal Constitution: The Social Security Administration has reduced its staffing by more than 5 percent since 2003, to about 60,000. That means…
While Social Security predicts a substantial reduction in waits for hearings by 2012, many claimants need a more immediate fix. This article discusses the reasons…
Charles Hall’s blog today nicely supplies graphics for the delays at the Social Security Hearing office, by city. These were orginally published in the newsletter…
Over the past year, the newspaper The Oregonian, Portland and Oregon’s local paper, has been running a series carefully documenting the devastating delays at the…
Government Executive reports today: The economic downturn, inadequate funding and red tape are at the core of an increasing backlog of Social Security disability cases,…
For impact on the overall Social Security system, this new statistic is significant for several reasons. It impacts the maturity of the workforce, it demonstrates…