While the fiscal cliff does not directly affect Social Security disability insurance (SSDI) benefit payment, as they have their own funding source, the program is facing its own financial problems, the most pressing of which is the exhaustion of the trust fund.A...
Social Security Disability
Changes in SSA policies may accelerate disability applications
While some injured workers in Ohio seek workers' compensation, there are other options. Social Security Disability benefits can be sought by such individuals, but their injuries must be serious enough to consider them disabled and unable to work. One of the major...
The future of SSDI and how to insure its solvency
We often hear characterizations of the Social Security disability insurance (SSDI) program that make it sound as if obtaining benefits were somehow a lucky break, like winning the lottery. Some have suggested recently that growth in the program is due to unemployment...
During natural disasters, what happens if your are disabled?
As New Jersey and New York continue to struggle to recover from the destruction brought on by Sandy, one issue is easy to over look. The number of disabled affected by the storm and the difficulties they face both during and after this kind of natural disaster.Because...
Social Security benefits for those with HIV/AIDS
Beyond the traditional old age and survivor benefits, the Social Security Administration (SSA) also provides benefits for younger people who need help. If you suffer from HIV/AIDS and are unable to work, or have other issues that have left you with few financial...
Ohio Social Security Offices to have early closing times
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has recently announced a change in operational hours for field offices. According to the release, beginning November 19, field offices will be open from 9 a.m. to 3:00p.m., a reduction of 30 minutes. On January 2, field offices...
Is SSDI definition of disability “looser” or more accurate?
The recent unemployment numbers from October were criticized as not being accurate, because they fail to account for SSDI recipients. Workers who receive SSDI have to have been found unable to work and "disabled" by SSA, but critics claim that more workers are using...
Dying to get Social Security Disability Insurance
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is available for eligible individuals who suffer from a condition that has left them unable to work for a year or more or is terminal. As many who have applied for its benefits in Ohio know, it is not always easy to...
Denials and delays are an increasing problem for SSD claimants
Even after the Social Security Administration approves benefits, it can be a long wait to receive a payout. In Fulton County, Ohio and throughout the United States, injured and disabled persons who qualify for Social Security disability have had to fight to get...
Supplemental Security Income and paid earnings
Those who collect disability benefits are often caught between collecting their compensation and the risk of losing it if they earn additional income. There are 8.7 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, which was...