We have repeatedly reported on the unprecedented increase in applications and approvals for Social Security Disability. In 2009, nearly 9.5 million Americans received Social Security Disability benefits, an increase of 3 million recipients in just under 10 years. And...
Recently, we wrote about the criminal allegations of kidnapping and disability fraud that had been filed against three people in Philadelphia after police found four disabled adults locked in a dirty basement in her home. The horrifying scene was believed to be part...
Last week, we began an in-depth look into the new procedures implemented into the Social Security Disability review process in the federal Social Security Administration office in Baltimore. In an effort to reduce SSD application and appeal wait times and backlogs,...
Earlier this week, we wrote about the Social Security Administration office in Baltimore, Maryland, which recently lost about one-third of its disability reviewers after agency officials essentially instructed doctors to work faster for less money. Although that was...
Throughout the history of this blog (and as recently as last week), we have written about the continually increasing backlog of Social Security Disability application appeals, and about the growing frustration among applicants who are forced to wait longer to have...
In recent months, we have written several blog posts about the troubling wait time for Social Security Disability (SSD) applications and appeals to be considered by Social Security Administration (SSA) officials and administrative law judges. According to a recent...
Today is Veteran's Day: A day that honors those who have served our country and risked their lives. It also honors the families of veterans who also sacrificed when the say goodbye to their loved ones for months on end and often losing their primary income when the...
The weeks between Halloween and Thanksgiving typically entail an activity that is somewhat of a ritual among employees in California and throughout the U.S.: open enrollment. This is the time of year when workers change their health insurance and other benefits...
Last week, we examined the potential effectiveness of medical marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder in military veterans and the many others who suffer from the disorder. With the recently proven ineffectiveness of Risperdal and similar antipsychotic...
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...
