Apr 5, 2023
Video CEs To Continue On Limited Basis
Prior to the Covid pandemic, the Social Security Administration used video technology to perform consultative medical examinations (CEs) -- to help evaluate disability claims -- on a very limited basis. For understandable reasons, the agency has made much more extensive use of video technology for CEs during the pandemic but the pandemic is waning. The President has declared that the Public Health Emergency will end on May 11, 2023. Social Security has just issued an Emergency Message detailing how it will use video technology for CEs after May 11. They will use video technology only for psychiatric CEs, psychological CEs without standardized testing and speech and language CEs. The claimant must agree to the video CE.
Feb 26, 2018
I Don't Vouch For This
Dec 19, 2015
May 21, 2015
Charlotte's Story: A Video Posted By Social Security
The Faces and Facts of Disability: Charlotte's Story
When Charlotte suffered two strokes in 2007, she was no longer able to work and quickly found herself facing #homelessness. Thankfully, she had earned #SocialSecurity insurance coverage by contributing into the program throughout her working life. Without Social Security payments to replace a portion of her lost income, Charlotte is sure she would be homeless today.Visit http://ow.ly/MqCSK to learn more about the faces and facts of Social Security #disability.
Posted by Social Security Administration on Thursday, May 7, 2015
Jul 19, 2014
May 11, 2014
Do We Need Those Field Offices?
Apr 29, 2014
Why Did Social Security Seize The Tax Refunds Of The Children Of People Who Had Been Overpaid Decades Earlier?
Apr 16, 2014
RJ Eskow On Invisible Cuts To Social Security
Nov 1, 2013
Aug 25, 2013
Jul 18, 2013
We're Movin' In!
Oh, the sweet irony.
Pete Peterson is the conservative billionaire who is a major financier in the effort to dismantle, cut and privatize Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Recently he and his foundation held a contest asking folks to submit videos on why it is important to “fix” the national debt of which, he and his foundation falsely claim, Social Security is a major contributor.
Sometimes the best-laid plans for a propaganda campaign can go awry. The winner of the $500 grand prize determined by popular vote on the website came from the completely opposite side of Peterson’s cut Social Security argument.
Jan 26, 2012
Jan 20, 2012
Aug 24, 2011
Aug 6, 2011
Strange Stuff
Update: A reader in West Virginia wants to make it clear that while Conn may practice before a West Virginia hearing office that he is based in Kentucky.
I have an idea about that woman at the end of the ad. If my guess is correct, this adds an incredibly lurid aspect to this ad.
If bad taste were a crime, Mr. Conn would deserve drawing and quartering.
Jan 1, 2011
Dec 25, 2010
Dec 23, 2010
Oct 11, 2010
Not Feeling The Excitement
From Federal Computer Week:
The Social Security Administration’s recent video competition generated fewer than 10 entries, and is the latest in a string of federal video-production promotions with lackluster participation.
The contests to create original videos are part of open government/innovation programs at several agencies. In April, a video contest at the Environmental Protection Agency drew in about 20 entries, and another one at the General Services Administration attracted about 30 entries. Both those competitions offered $2,500 prizes.
The SSA contest to create a publicity video for the agency offered no cash prize, yet generated high hopes. “We anticipated selecting the winner – or even several – from a sizable collection of contest entries," Frank Baitman, SSA chief information officer, wrote on the White House Open Government Blog on Oct. 1. "Well, we didn’t get as much participation as we’d hoped. Fewer than ten solid entries came in.”