The Medicare waiting period
This recent Oregonian article describes a woman who was both a cancer patient and an advocate for awareness about the waiting period for Medicare. Despite…
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News Updates from the Baltimore Conference of the National Organization of Social Security Claimant's Reps
The Appeals Council Director, Patricia Jonas, reported that the average waiting time for a case at Appeals Council, is now 345 days. Due to budget…
Read More Coming Soon – A New Review of Award of Disability Benefits
The Social Security Administration has commissioned an independent review of the federal disability system to answer concerns that it awards benefits to those who don't…
Read More Helping with a disability application
Here's a novel gift family and friends can give to a person applying for disability…that can help win the case. Lay witness statements carry great…
Read More What is Virtual Screening? Is it good that they are looking at my case?
The good news: Virtual Screening is a tool developed by Social Security (SSA) to speed up the process. Senior SSA attorneys identify cases that they…
Read More The Geography of Disability
Rates of disability in rural America are 80 percent higher than in the cities. While the coal mining region of the Appalachian mountains has a…
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