President Obama has released his budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, which begins on October 1, 2016. Below are two tables giving Social Security highlights (click on each one to view them full size) but be aware that this is just a proposal. Congress must act upon it and this Congress has exhibited a visceral hostility to the President.
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Note that even with increased funding which is unlikely to come, the agency expects an increase in the average time it takes to get a hearing decision as well as an average speed of answer on telephone calls of greater than ten minutes.
I love the average time for a decision is listed now as 480 in 2015 and 540 in 2016.
ReplyDeleteConsidering the average time I am experiencing until a hearing is held is now over 700 days, I call liar, liar pants on fire.
I do know how they count the days and average in all of the dismissals and the handful of dire need and OTR's to make it look better. I would love the SSA or ODAR to publish the "mean" number of days for a hearing to be held or for a decision, rather than the "average" but I'm not holding my breath for such honesty.
SS seems to use statistics as a drunk uses a lamp post, more for support than illumination.
These times are inflated. A hearing that goes to the Appeals Council and is remanded comes back into the office usually 2 years after the hearing. However, they are considered AGED due to the original filing date, adding much time to the figures. I am hearing many cases within 1-2 years of the original filing date.
ReplyDelete@9:12 You realize that 480-455 days is right within the numbers you claim are inflated when you said "I am hearing many cases within 1-2 years of the original filing date," right?
ReplyDeleteRepublicans in Congress won't even consider this budget
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/09/us/politics/congressional-republicans-balk-at-obamas-budget-sight-unseen.html
I looked at the the actual number of days between the date hearing requested and date held or to be held, of all of my cases currently undecided. There were five cases over 1000 days which are all remands. Otherwise, there were four cases where the hearing was less than 500 days from the request. The remaining 50 were mostly in the 600-800 range. The numbers posted as the time to decision are ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteThe stats do not include remands. Time from filing to Hearing held. get over it.
ReplyDelete3:34PM I'll get over it if you can loan me some $$$$. 22 months and counting since I was last able to work... worked 10 days during the 2 months before that...
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