Aug 22, 2014 | WC & Other Laws
In 2012 2.82 million Americans applied for Social Security Disability benefits a 4% decrease from 2011 according to Social Security’s Office of the Chief Actuary. SSA approved about 980,000 claims, the lowest number since at least 1998. This decrease in the number of...
Aug 22, 2014 | WC & Other Laws
A recent study for the National Academy of Social Insurance found a majority of “Americans don’t mind paying for Social Security because they value it for themselves (80%), for their families (78%), and for the security and stability it provides to million of retired...
Aug 22, 2014 | WC & Other Laws
Social Security’s Representative Payees – A pilot program that began last summer in the Philadelphia region to check the backgrounds of individuals who want to be the representative payee for another’s Social Security benefits has led to the rejection of...
Aug 22, 2014 | WC & Other Laws
Since December 2011 Social Security began withholding the name of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) who would hear a claimant’s Social Security disability case from the claimant and their representative. The policy was immediately challenged by claimant...