Good news for SSI Recipients
Federal SSI payment levels will increase by 3.6 percent, effective for payments that are made in January 2012.
Read MoreCategory: Social Security
How do I make it while I'm waiting?
There isn’t any question that I dread more than this one. Over and over I’m asked this by claimants with serious impairments that prevent them…
Read More Happy 2012!
Happy New Year 2012! It’s a good time to look into my crystal ball and try to predict what the New Year will bring for…
Read More The Medicare waiting period
This recent Oregonian article describes a woman who was both a cancer patient and an advocate for awareness about the waiting period for Medicare. Despite…
Read More News Updates from the Baltimore Conference of the National Organization of Social Security Claimant's Reps
The Appeals Council Director, Patricia Jonas, reported that the average waiting time for a case at Appeals Council, is now 345 days. Due to budget…
Read More Coming Soon – A New Review of Award of Disability Benefits
The Social Security Administration has commissioned an independent review of the federal disability system to answer concerns that it awards benefits to those who don't…
Read More