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TV station contacts me about investigating the rising cost of disability claims 3 May 2013 | 12:01 am
Every once in a while, I get contacted by a newspaper or television person asking me to provide commentary on Social Security Disability. Frankly, I have no idea why...than the fact that they are simp...
A lot of people, mainly conservative-leaning, simply have strong negative feelings about individual seeking disability benefits 2 May 2013 | 11:32 pm
Yesterday, I read a fairly ignorant, hostile, and, I will go so far to say "hateful" article/post about individuals seeking disability benefits. The worst thing about it, of course, was the "ignorance...
Untitled 30 Apr 2013 | 11:17 pm
I haven't posted on this blog in quite a while. But this so-called "news story" incensed me. Actually, technically speaking, I still haven't posted here since this post was originally placed on the fa...
Can I work without risking my SSD disability Benefits? 10 Nov 2012 | 02:36 am
Tim, "I am a current recipient of SSD. I am age 52, widowed, and disabled. I am also living overseas. I qualified for SSD in 2009, nearly a year after my late husband died. I began collecting in Janu...
Romey has a different vision than Obama - Look at recent history 23 Oct 2012 | 05:40 pm
I was talking with a friend and the question came up, "Why did the financial crisis occur?". Ok, forget about bad loan policy that came out of the Clinton admin, forget about poor oversight and inadeq...
Denied for Disability with Depression 17 Sep 2012 | 08:45 pm
"I filed for disability and they sent me a letter say that I do not qualify. I have had depression for a year. I was recently forced to resign over a workers comp case. I have carpal tunnel on both ha...
Will our adopted Premie qualify for SSI? 1 Sep 2012 | 07:06 am
Here's a recent question that was sent in: "My husband & I are adopting a 2 year old! We brought her home from the hospital! She was addicted to 5 drugs & was a premie! So does she qualify for ssi????...
Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan and Ayn Rand 14 Aug 2012 | 12:30 pm
Rand, author of Atlas Shrugged and The fountainhead, invented Objectivism, a philosophy which holds that laissez-faire capitalism is the ideal economic system and that all people should pursue their o...
Having to File for Disability should not be taken lightly 24 Jul 2012 | 12:47 am
A few days ago, I responded to a question someone wrote (Waiting for a Disability Hearing, how often should I see my doctor? ). After I gave them my answer, they wrote back with the following. I'm po...
Waiting for a Disability Hearing, how often should I see my doctor? 20 Jul 2012 | 11:33 am
"I have a question about social security disability, I have applied and been denied, I have an attorney now and she has appealed to go in front of the judge, now my question is this, I do not have ins...
