I’ve heard that Social Security is having large scale systems problems today but have no details. Can anyone fill me in?
Dec 17, 2025
4th Circuit Opinion Of Interest
Attorneys who represent Social Security disability claimants may find the recent decision of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Hultz v. Bisignano dealing with fibromyalgia in particular and subjective symptoms in general of interest. It’s a reversal awarding benefits so you know it’s a strong opinion. You don’t see many of these at the District Court level much less Court of Appeals.
The State Of Customer Service
The Social Security Administration has posted data showing the state of customer service at Social Security. I’m sure it’s as accurate and meaningful as the earnings projections made at Fiserv while Frank Bisignano was its CEO. Below is one of the charts from Social Security’s posting.
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Dec 16, 2025
Living Rent Free In Bisignano’s Head
Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano seems a little obsessed with his predecessor, Martin O’Malley.
New Requirement For Verification Of Immigration Status
From Emergency Message EM 25067:
This Emergency Message (EM) provides instructions for processing Supplemental Security Income (SSI) claims involving noncitizen applicants and redeterminations involving noncitizen recipients. It clarifies that all noncitizen applicants must have their immigration status verified through the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program, regardless of the type or appearance of the immigration document presented. Similarly, all noncitizen recipients must have their immigration status re-verified through SAVE when there has been a change in immigration status and during SSI redeterminations. …
Dec 15, 2025
Coming Back?
Mark Miller writes for the New York Times about the challenges that a new occupational information database presents for the Social Security disability programs. He’s not sure what’s going to happen but feels something is coming sooner or later. I agree with him on this. Ominously, he expects that now supposedly withdrawn revisions to the agency’s regulations that would make it dramatically more difficult for older people to be approved for disability benefits will come back at some point. I strongly doubt that such a thing will ever be politically feasible; maybe if Republicans win an overwhelming victory at the polls next year but that’s unlikely.
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