On August 21, Social Security, announced five new Compassionate Allowance conditions: fibrolamellar cancer, megacystis microcolon, intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome, megalencephaly capillary malformation syndrome, superficial siderosis of…
Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today announced 52 new Compassionate Allowances conditions, primarily involving neurological disorders, cancers and rare diseases. The Compassionate Allowances…
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…
The new list of compassionate allowances for Social Security benefits includes Alzheimer’s disease, rather unexpectedly. Although the national associations had been lobbying for this for…
Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today hosted the agency’s fourth public hearing on Compassionate Allowances. Commissioner Astrue was joined by Marie A. Bernard,…