Nearly 300,000 Americans Are Waiting to Dispute Social Security Decision
Nearly 300,000 Americans wait an average of over 9.5 months for Social Security disability appeal decisions, delaying their ...
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Backlog of Disability Appeals Strains SSA
The Social Security Administration (SSA) is grappling with a growing backlog of disability appeals, leaving nearly 300,000 ...
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Social Security & You: Older people and Social Security disability
I often feel guilty if I write a column that essentially repeats information I've given in past columns. But readers often ...
Social Security was already dealing with backlogs. Employees warn job cuts could worsen services.
"We are already short-staffed as it is,"one Social Security Administration employee said of the agency's plans to slash its ...
If you're disabled and self-employed at 66 - is Social Security the only option?
Social Security Disability Insurance, or SSDI, can be claimed anywhere between ages 18 and a person's Full Retirement Age, which typically falls around 66 and 67 these days. That may not help the ...
DOGE is on a cutting spree — and Social Security workers warn it's going to affect your benefits
The Social Security Administration offered early retirements to employees in an effort to slash the workforce. Workers said ...
Trump and Musk's Social Security 'chainsaw massacre' makes no sense
President Donald Trump's decision to apply his chainsaw to the Social Security Administration will do nothing to shore up the program's finances - or help balance the federal budget. But it will ...
Social Security has never missed a payment. DOGE actions threaten ‘interruption of benefits,' ex-agency head says
New changes at the U.S. Social Security Administration may put its ability to deliver monthly benefit checks at risk, former agency head says.
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DWP issues major update for anyone who claims Universal Credit and rents
The DWP has announced it will review the system that allows landlords to automatically take a cut of a claimant's benefit to ...
DWP issues big update for anyone who claims Universal Credit and rents
Currently, without any input from tenants or the DWP itself, a computer algorithm approves requests from landlords to deduct up to 20% from a claimant's monthly Universal Credit, creating concerns ...
DWP confirms review of Universal Credit rent arrears and how money is deducted from claimants
The DWP says it will consider better ways of ensuring landlords receive their rent in a 'fair and proportionate' way while benefit claimants are protected from falling into debt ...
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Sickle Cell Disease in Social Security Disability Evaluations
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Sickle Cell Disease in Social Security Disability Evaluations is inviting ... what factors impact the decision for a patient ...