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Claimants for Social Security disability and SSI benefits may not be aware that the evaluation of their claim is not made by the Social Security Administration but rather by a state agency which contracts with SSA; the Disability Determination Service (DDS). The Social Security Advisory Board (SSAB) recently issued a report evaluating the effectiveness of…
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The annual Social Security & Medicare Trustee Report was released at the end of March and the news was mixed.The Social Security retirement trust fund will be unable to pay full retirement benefits, unless something is done to shore it up, in 2033. However, the Social Security disability trust fund is in much better shape.…
a month+ ago
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Summer 2021 Newsletter STILL STANDING…AND PRACTICING I published the first issue of Social Security & You in Spring of 1993. Some years I’ve published more issues than others. The most recent issue was dated Spring 2019: over 2 years ago. The world was a much different place then. Especially for me. Read the full newsletter…
2+ years ago -
Spring 2019 Newsletter An Opioid Story I’ve changed his name. Let’s call him Gerald. He was a laborer. And by that I don’t mean that he just did physical work. He was a card-carrying member the Labor’s Union local. And that meant a lot to him. I represented him for Social Security disability and Michigan…
3+ years ago
WAIT TIMES FOR SS DISABILITY HEARINGS SOAR, BUT NOT IN MICHIGAN
The January/February issue of the AARP Bulletin contained information regarding the long wait times for disability hearings at various Office of Hearing Operations locations, nationwide. Portland, OR is 22 months, San Francisco, CA 20 months and Dallas, TX 21 months, for example.
The wait times in Michigan are much lower, at present. In the OHOs where I practice the most (Livonia, Oak Park, Mt. Pleasant & Lansing) the wait times are just a few months, depending on the Administrative Law Judge to which the case is assigned.
In fact, on at least 2 occasions recently, we have been asked to waive the 75 day notice requirement so the hearing could be held even quicker.
Some good news, at least in Michigan.
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