A recent blurb in the Washington Post revealed that 72 retired New York City police officers, eight firefighters, five prison guards, and one police officer from Nassau County have been charged with faking psychiatric problems to collect federal disability benefits. That is 86 people collecting years’ worth of benefits to which they were not entitled!…
Continue readingWhat if you are disabled and unable to work? You would file for Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) benefits. Sounds simple enough. Now let us consider another – more complicated – question. What if there was a treatment for your disability which would allow you to work, BUT you cannot afford that treatment? Can your…
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Should my lawyer understand the laws in multiple jurisdictions? If you live in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, the answer is Yes! Since Washington, DC and Virginia are so close to one another, and many people work in one place and live in the other, it is not uncommon to see cases involving citizens…
Continue readingSince a segment about the federal disability program aired on the CBS show 60 Minutes last Sunday, there has been tremendous public outcry. 60 Minutes is being denounced by many sources for its anecdotal investigative techniques and one-sided reporting. The National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR) issued a strong statement: Despite criticizing the…
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A backlog of appeals at the Social Security Administration has left hundreds of thousands of disabled claimants bankrupt, evicted and in some cases dead, attorneys and agency officials say. Governmental infighting has slowed the hiring of new judges to hear SSDI appeals, which currently numbers 755,000. The wait for Hearings before an Administrative Law Judge…
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