Social Security Disability

If you become unable to work because of an injury or condition, you may want to consider filing for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits. You should file for benefits as soon as you become disabled. The process can be lengthy, and you are eligible for benefits the minute that…

Although the majority of staff in local Social Security Administration (SSA) offices are working remotely due to COVID-19, applicants for Social Security Disability (SSD) should be assured their claims will continue to be processed during this difficult time. “Most SSA workers are working from home and the SSA can still…

You may not know it, but April is National Social Security Month. Others refer to April as Financial Literacy Month. No matter what you call it, April is an opportunity to look at the complete picture of your financial wellbeing, of which Social Security definitely plays a part. Although many…

If you are unable to work because of an accident you suffered or a debilitating condition you experience, you may qualify for disability benefits through Social Security. Although you may consider yourself disabled, you will only receive benefits if you meet Social Security’s definition of disability. According to Social Security,…

If you become injured or suffer from a condition that makes it impossible for you to work, you may be eligible for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits. There are a variety of methods by which you can apply for benefits. First, you can make an appointment to meet with…

Whether you receive disability or retirement benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA), you might think that your obligations to provide the department with information end when you start receiving these benefits. On the contrary, your obligations to contact the SSA may only be beginning. What? Once you apply and…

Although Social Security benefits, whether they are disability or retirement benefits, were never designed to replace income in non-working years, they are a financial lifeline for many Americans. There is no question that they cannot provide enough money for a comfortable retirement. But even the slightest decrease in monthly benefit…

When you begin collecting Social Security retirement benefits depends on your date of birth, which, in turn, determines your full retirement age (FRA). Full retirement age is also referred to as normal retirement age. If you were born in or prior to 1937, your FRA is age 65. The FRA…

Despite our familiarity with Social Security as a creation of President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression, the concepts that prompted its development are much older. 19th Century Germany utilized a form of social insurance at the urging of the unified country’s first chancellor, Otto von Bismarck. Closer to…

Every year, the President of the United States sends a proposed budget to Congress. Congress can accept it, reject it, or modify it. Very rarely does the final budget that is passed resemble what the President requested, but what the President puts into his proposed budgets can tell you a…