The Social Security Administration has posted updated data on payments of fees to attorneys and others for representing Social Security claimants. Since the attorney and client are paid at about the same time, this is a useful analog for speedups and slowdowns in benefit payments to claimants. You can certainly see evidence in these numbers that these payments are far from steady.
Payment delays are tough for claimants. The ups and downs also make for a stomach churning ride for those who represent claimants. If you work at Social Security and have ever thought about leaving to represent Social Security claimants, take a close look at these numbers before giving up that regular paycheck. This is one of the reasons that very few Social Security Administration employees leave the agency to represent claimants.
Payment delays are tough for claimants. The ups and downs also make for a stomach churning ride for those who represent claimants. If you work at Social Security and have ever thought about leaving to represent Social Security claimants, take a close look at these numbers before giving up that regular paycheck. This is one of the reasons that very few Social Security Administration employees leave the agency to represent claimants.
Fee Payments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Month/Year | Volume | Amount |
Jan-08 | 20,559 | $75,368,163.45 |
| Feb-08 | 26,570 | $95,228,284.32 |
Mar-08 | 23,088 | $83,166,027.02 |
Apr-08 | 27,296 | $98,616,579.78 |
May-08 | 29,305 | $104,283,373.35 |
June-08 | 25,243 | $89,786,459.83 |
July-08 | 22,238 | $77,346,266.77 |
Aug-08 | 33,834 | $120,819,791.05 |
"Since the attorney and client are paid at about the same time..."
ReplyDeleteThat's correct for putting people in current pay, but the attorney in most cases gets paid long before the claimant sees any retro (S9) money.
Payment Center priority pay attorney, release S9 money, when we get to it.