Earlier this week, we discussed the growing movement to legalize medical marijuana as a method of treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, after researchers learned that antipsychotic drugs are largely ineffective at treating the debilitating effects of...
For the first time since automatic cost of living adjustments (COLA) were instituted in 1975, recipients of Social Security and Social Security Disability received no COLA increases to their benefits in both 2010 and 2011. The stagnancy was blamed on the economy and...
If you are injured or become disabled as a result of a work-related accident, you may be able to receive worker's compensation benefits to account for your injury and the time that you will need to take off of work to recover and recuperate. In addition, you may also...
Yesterday, we noted the availability of free and confidential screenings for depression and similar mental health ailments on National Depression Screening Day. Although that day has passed, it does not mean that people who believe that they may be suffering from...
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Social Security Administration employees and administrative law judges in several states were recently told to slow down or completely stop their work on Social Security Disability cases this week. The slowdown is...
Many people hesitate to file for Social Security Disability and related programs because they believe that they will never be able to work again once they begin receiving benefits. For some SSD recipients, re-starting their employment may lead to the loss of Social...
Earlier this week, we talked about the all-too-frequent occurrence of the Social Security Administration erroneously marking a benefits recipient as dead when they are, in fact, very much alive. According to an investigation by the Social Security Office of the...
When a person receiving retirement, disability, or other benefits from the Social Security Administration passes away, the SSA enters his or her identifying information - name, birth date, death date, zip code, and Social Security number - into a list known as the...
The Social Security Administration announced this week that it has added 12 Compassionate Allowance conditions to its list of conditions that qualify for expedited processing. Beginning August 1, individuals with these conditions will no longer be required to provide...
President Barack Obama told reporters yesterday that the United States does not risk default on its debts because its government cannot put politics aside. Today, the president warned that, if Congress and the administration cannot come to terms on the deficit, about...
