Good news for social security disability claimants with overpayments, as the Social Security Administration (SSA) changed “heavy-handed” policies beginning March 25, 2024. www.ssa.gov/ssi/text-overpay-ussi.htm 1) SSA will not be intercepting 100 percent of an overpaid beneficiary’s monthly DIB, also called SSDI,…
If you have applied for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and your case is pending at the initial level at Disability Adjudication Services (DAS in GA) or Disability Determination Services (DDS in other states), you may be eligible for presumptive disability…
The Social Security Administration (SSA) is, currently, reviewing Supplemental Security Income (SSI), need based cases, back to the start of the Covid-19 pandemic to determine where there were reductions made from Covid-19 financial assistance. If there were reductions or your…
Chief Administrative Law Judge Patrick Nagle of the Social Security Administration’s Office of Hearings Operations (OHO) https://www.ssa.gov/appeals/about_us.html is temporarily suspending dismissals for untimely hearing requests and failure to appear due to Covid-19 according to the National Association of Social Security Representatives…
During the month of July, we commemorate National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month following the 2008 resolution by Congress. http://www.nami.org/Get-Involved/Awareness-Events/Minority-Mental-Health-Awareness-Month/Learn-About-Minority-Mental-Health-Month This resolution honors the legacy of Bebe Moore Campbell, an award winning African-American author, journalist, and teacher, who helped to…
Marking a Social Security Milestone August 14, 2015 is the 80th anniversary of Social Security. Few Americans working today can remember a time when Social Security wasn’t part of the social fabric of America. Since the Social Security retirement program…