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Thursday, March 9th, is National Slam the Scam Day. This is a day designated by the Social Security Administration to heighten awareness on scams perpetrated by fraudsters pretending to be employees of the Social Security Administration. Scammers mention a problem or a prize. They may ask for your Social Security number or other information to…
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After his re-election in 2004, President George W. Bush made reforming Social Security his #1 domestic agenda. He proposed phasing out Social Security in favor of individual retirement accounts that could be invested in the stock market. Despite a strong push by lobbyists for the investment industry, the support both publicly and in Congress…
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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…
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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
SECRET JUDGE PROGRAM TO END APRIL 20
Naturally, just as the print copy of my Spring 2013 newsletter, Social Security & You, went to press it was announced that the SSA policy of not disclosing the identity of the Administrative Law Judge until the Claimant appeared at the ODAR will be reversed beginning April 20.
Freedom of Information requests were successful in forcing SSA to divulge the identity of the ALJ in advance of the hearing and members of Congress responded to complaints from constituents by pressuring the agency to reverse the policy.
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