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Social Security Fairness Act Passes and Congress Averts Shutdown
In a landmark decision, the Senate passed H.R. 82, the Social Security...
Read More >>A New Administration Brings Uncertainty to Social Security Administration Leadership
Social Security Administration’s current commissioner, Martin O’Malley, was sworn in on December...
Read More >>The Impact of the Social Security 2025 Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA)
In December 2024, Social Security will implement a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA)...
Read More >>COLA 2025
The Social Security benefit cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2025 will be 2.5%....
Read More >>SSI Recipients Will Benefit from Rule Changes to In-Kind Support
Starting on September 30, 2024, Social Security will update how it calculates...
Read More >>Social Security Adds Eleven New Compassionate Allowance Conditions
This August the Social Security Administration added eleven new conditions to its...
Read More >>Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits Funded Through 2098
Since its inception, Social Security has seemed at risk for insolvency. Yet...
Read More >>Change to Social Security Online Accounts
Recently Social Security announced, that if you created a My Social Security...
Read More >>Social Security Begins to Address Growing Concern About its Antiquated Job Database by Removing Over One Hundred Jobs
The final step (Step 5) of the Agency’s disability determination process is...
Read More >>Social Security Disability Wait Times
Social Security wait times for disability determinations are excruciatingly long. Initial application...
Read More >>Why you need to appeal: Current SSA Disability Benefit Approval Rates
There are four levels of appeal if your initial disability claim is...
Read More >>SSA Overpayment Collection Rate Change
In 2023, a news investigation shed light on the high overpayment rates...
Read More >>New Change to SSA’s Past Relevant Work Benefits Claimants
Starting on June 8, 2024, SSDI/SSI disability applicants will only have to...
Read More >>Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Changes for 2024
On October 12, 2023, the Social Security Administration announced that Social Security...
Read More >>Social Security Disability Benefits and COVID-19 Economic Impact Payments
The U.S. Treasury announced that Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Social Security...
Read More >>Return to Work Programs for Individuals Receiving Title II SSDI Benefits: Part II: Extended Period of Eligibility
In Part I of this multi-series blog post we discussed that the...
Read More >>Return to Work Programs for Individuals Receiving Title II SSDI Benefits: Part I: The Trial Work Period
Claimants often ask: Can I try to return to work without losing...
Read More >>Social Security Disability Benefits 101 – Everything You Need to Know
What exactly is Social Security Disability Insurance and how is it funded?...
Read More >>Applicants Denied Social Security Disability Benefits Struggle in the Labor Market
New research by Mathematica’s Jody Schimmel Hyde and April Wu confirms what...
Read More >>Indianapolis Man Turns To Panhandling While Waiting on His Social Security Disability Claim
It’s no secret that the wait time from when you apply for...
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