tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post2760663346507995518..comments2024-03-27T20:39:24.337-04:00Comments on Social Security News: Service Delivery HearingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-82238233128895509352010-04-17T16:24:40.512-04:002010-04-17T16:24:40.512-04:00Witold Skwierczynski has been testifying before va...Witold Skwierczynski has been testifying before various Congressional Committee's for decades. Undoubtedly, many current committee members have seen him a hearings before. Witold and everyone in SSA has every reason to be angry with this COSS. The ridiculous assumption that all iClaims are completely correctly without any sort of quality review is a perfect example of how class action suits are born. Big payment errors are piling up and when they come out eventually (as they undoubtedly will thanks to future class suits)we'll have just another big mess to clean up. Oh, well. Throw it on the pile with the Special Disability Workload, the backlogged CDR's and RZ's and we'll continue our tradition of making almost as much work as we complete. Nancy OrtizNancy Ortiznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-70915989811216248432010-04-15T22:15:22.102-04:002010-04-15T22:15:22.102-04:00Law firms can hire as many people as they want to ...Law firms can hire as many people as they want to handle their clientele. SSA cannot. There will continue to be "shoddy" work by SSA as long as it remains woefully understaffed. First priority is the claimants. Attorney fees, not so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-15043317499159836862010-04-15T12:13:17.621-04:002010-04-15T12:13:17.621-04:00Thank you, Mr. Dirago.
Considering how much SSA...Thank you, Mr. Dirago. <br /><br />Considering how much SSA pays directly to these sweatshop-style "law firms" or disability companies, they should really be held more accountable.<br /><br />Unfortunately, that raises several difficult questions. How can these firms be fairly identified and targeted? What body should hold them accountable? How, and on what objective measures?<br /><br />Makes my head spin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-10996822796829223792010-04-15T11:20:58.248-04:002010-04-15T11:20:58.248-04:00Regarding the point by Mr. Dirago, I think we all ...Regarding the point by Mr. Dirago, I think we all know which firms he references and yes, the work they perform is spotty. However, I think SSA needs to start holding themselves accountable for some of the terrible mistakes they make with our fees. I have had fees released to the claimant for no reason more often than I care to admit. I have had SSA tell me that my 1695 wasn't processed before the decision, even after I produced proof that it was done so more than a year prior to the decision. I'm not saying what these national firms do is right, but SSA can't continue to criticize firms for shoddy work when they are often just as shoddy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-72764924667888245032010-04-15T11:08:58.652-04:002010-04-15T11:08:58.652-04:00Mr. Skwierczynski is angry as he should be because...Mr. Skwierczynski is angry as he should be because he has become a target of the SSA Higher ups!! And the some of the minority members of the committees before which he and SSA must appear if the true story is to be told. Wonder how Congressmen know who he is? Also, these members for the most part are anti-union! He is a target.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com