Social Security Disability

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Stop the Wait The National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives (NOSSCR) is lobbying to end the five-month waiting period for individuals filing Social Security Disability (SSD) claims and the 24-month waiting period for Medicare coverage. Most important to our clients, who desperately need comprehensive health care, is ending the…

According to a recent study conducted by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 14.4 million Americans suffer from alcoholism. Up until 1996, you could qualify for disability benefits through Social Security Administration (SSA) if you were an alcoholic. Since then, you have to demonstrate that your alcoholism created…

According to the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders and the National Institutes of Health, more than 37 million adults in the United States suffer some kind of hearing loss.  Although it stands to reason that many of these individuals may apply for disability benefits through Social Security…

When you receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits or retirement benefits through Social Security, you also become eligible for health insurance through Medicare. The vast majority of people covered by Medicare elect to have their Medicare premiums automatically deducted from their monthly benefit payments. So, what happens when Medicare...

Although in-person hearings as part of your Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) claims have stopped due to COVID-19, Social Security Administration (SSA) has worked hard to provide you with other options. If you missed the deadline to file your request for hearing, SSA will mail…

Although beneficiaries of Social Security Administration’s (SSA) program used to receive their monthly payments via paper checks, federal law now mandates that these and other federal benefits must be made electronically. Based on these changes, you have two options for how to receive payments electronically. You can have the payments…

If you are the self-employed owner of a small business, you still pay into Social Security. You must pay both the employee and employer portions of Social Security taxes, but instead of withholding Social Security taxes from each paycheck, you will pay it all when you file your annual federal…

Although millions of Americans receive monthly benefits through the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program every year, the process to obtain those benefits is not easy. Most people’s claims are denied initially. Then how do so many people ultimately obtain benefits? Because of the rigorous and thorough appeals process. The…

Some workers who are eligible for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits may also be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits if their injury or condition is the result of a work-related accident or illness. Social Security Administration (SSA) does not allow people entitled to both benefits collect the full amount…