Social Security News

      I know that many would like to turn over disability determination to artificial intelligence but there’s no gold standard for disabili...

      Supplemental Security Income (SSI) computation is cash based, rather than what accountants call accrual based. It's a needs based ...

      It's been my impression over the years that Social Security always practices "fast tracking" to some extent. By "fa...

      Today's SSI story concerns a claimant who was approved for both SSI disability benefits and Disability Insurance Benefits on June ...

      From Federal News Network : Congress — at least the House side of it — is closer than ever to giving the green light to repeal or ref...

      From the syllabus of the Supreme Court's opinion in Babcock v. Kijakazi : This case concerns retirement benefits due under the Soc...

      Yesterday I posted the news about the Supreme Court agreeing to hear a case concerning whether it is constitutional to deny SSI benefi...

      From the Indiana Lawyer : A split 7th Circuit Court of Appeals panel affirmed a grant of summary judgment to the Social Security Admi...

     The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) that reduces Social Security benefits because of the receipt of pensions based upon income n...

     From a recent report by Social Security's Office of Inspector General : The Social Security Amendments of 1983 include a provi...

     The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has given Social Security a stay in the Steigerwald v. Saul class action lawsuit. ...

     From the Cleveland Plain Dealer : Today is the day Isaac Everhart has long been waiting for, the day he appears before an administ...

     I'll explain below but this is just awful. It's no surprise to me but it's still awful. From a recent report by Social S...

     From a recent audit report by Social Security's Office of Inspector General (OIG): Our objective was to identify Old-Age, Survivo...

From a recent audit report of Social Security's Office of Inspector General (OIG): Our objective was to determine whether the Social S...