As many of our Ohio clients know, the process to obtain Social Security disability insurance (SSDI) benefits is anything but straightforward. The complicated application requires a great deal of information concerning a worker's disability, with supporting medical...
Social Security Disability
SSA has another backlog
Congressional hearings this month again raised the question of how the Social Security Administration (SSA) is conducting its reviews of Social Security disability insurance (SSDI) benefit payments. According to the hearings, the SSA currently has a backlog of 1.3...
Simple errors can stop SSDI payments
When you apply for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits, you have to complete a complex application form to submit to the Social Security Administration (SSA). The application allows you the opportunity to provide evidence to the SSA that will support...
Woman’s legal and deserved Social Security denied
How would you feel if you found out that you couldn't get Social Security Benefits because someone has claimed that you're already receiving workers' compensation in Ohio? The two shouldn't be exclusive, but in this woman's case, she was denied for her Social Security...
Do workers choose jobs because they can collect SSDI?
A recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis found that workers in high-risk industries, such as construction and mining tend to save less than other workers. The authors of the study wondered if people who go into these lines of work are more interested...
A possible reform for SSDI that would help the disabled
For many workers in Ohio who develop a medical condition that impairs their ability to work, may feel left on their own. They may have lost a job because their impairment makes it impossible to continue in their trade, like a construction worker or a restaurant server...
Out of context, $3.2 billion sounds like a lot of money
A line buried in the president's budget will prevent a disabled worker who receives Social Security disability insurance (SSDI) benefits and unemployment insurance benefits at the same time. Politicians have apparently decided that this is impermissible "double...
Veterans to receive faster review of SSDI claims
When people think of the government, they tend to think of it all being one big entity. It is not. Disabled veterans may believe because they have a disability rating from the Department of Veteran Affairs , that should translate to an automatic approval of a claim...
Who needs good customer service?
A woman writing online recently recounted her visit to a Social Security Administration (SSA) office. Sadly, for the SSA, the visit did not turn out well. She received what she found to be rather poor customer service. We are not surprised. We don't mean to pile on to...
Return to work could reduce SSDI numbers
The growth of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program in the last ten years has been problematic for the Social Security Administration (SSA). They are under pressure from Congress to adequately administer the program in a time of falling budgets, but...