As we discussed on this blog in February, early this year the Treasury Department issued new rules about how federal benefits, including Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income, are to be paid. The rules required most beneficiaries to...
Month: July 2013
Senate bill would end 5-month SSDI claim delay for terminally ill
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators has introduced a bill that would end, for Social Security Disability Insurance applicants diagnosed with terminal illnesses, the current five-month waiting period before they can begin receiving their beneficiaries. Under current...
Are SSD-Medicaid beneficiaries being denied health screenings?
The Affordable Care Act requires virtually all private insurance plans -- including those offered through the ACA’s Medicare and Medicaid expansion program -- to cover a wide range of preventive health screenings. After all, an ounce prevention is worth a pound...
SSD controversy could make application process more challenging
Recently, the House of Representatives has been investigating a complex controversy within the Social Security Administration. Essentially, it came to the attention of Congress that the SSA may have been approving applications for Social Security Disability...