Blog
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On May 7, 2025 Frank Bisignano was sworn in as the new Social Security Commissioner. Mr. Bisignano comes from Fiserv, a leading global payments and financial tech company, where he served as Chairman & CEO.
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Social Security is introducing a way for my Social Security account holders to access their number & card, digitally, so it is not necessary to carry around their Social Security card. Beginning this summer it will be possible to access the number in a secure manner for purposes other than dealing with the Social Security…
3+ weeks ago
News
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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…
5+ years ago
PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN CREATES BACKLOG
The 16 day partial government shutdown has created a backlog and the decision writing stage of the hearing process at the ODAR level. During the shutdown hearings continued to be held. This is because the ALJs have a union and the hearing monitors and vocational experts are contract workers: not government employees.
So, over 2 weeks of hearings were held without any decisions being written. It is normally 4-6 weeks on average from the time the hearing is held until the decision is received. I would expect that 6-8 weeks is probably the waiting time now and, of course, we are going to run into Thanksgiving and Christmas. As a result, the decisions on hearings held in October my not be received until the new year.
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