Misinformation Fueling Attacks on Disability Program
"Cutting waste, fraud and abuse" is Washington D.C.'s most tired cliché. But it is also becoming perhaps its most dangerous. Elected officials across the political…
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Bureaucracy prevents the poor and homeless from accessing disability benefits
WASHINGTON, May 16, 2012 A report released today by the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty shows that bureaucratic barriers are preventing thousands of…
Read More The Tattered Safety Net
The Washington Post recently ran an editorial responding to those who have read about the imminent crisis in funding for Social Security -- and chosen…
Read More Online Social Security Statements - A Step Forward or Discrimination against Americans without Internet access?
For an interesting discussion of the negative side of putting social security information, including disability benefit information, online, see: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/10/us-column-miller-socialsecurityonline-idUSBRE8491DN20120510
Read More Social Security Judges Not Allowed to Look at your Facebook Page
In an interesting twist on the otherwise claimant-hostile atmosphere at the Social Security Administration (SSA), administrative law judges who hear disability cases have been told…
Read More Most Workers Lack Private Disability Insurance, Survey Finds
Two-thirds of Americans working in the private sector do not have private disability insurance, leaving them only Social Security disability as their safety net if…
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