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For many years, credit card debt ranked as one of the foremost financial challenges facing Americans. However, things have changed rather dramatically over the last decade such that credit card debt has been largely supplanted by federal student loan debt.If you don't...
In the last few years, government-run programs that offer disability benefits to workers have fallen under scrutiny as the fear of fraud and scams continues to rise across the nation. But although some cases are proven to have been fraudulent in nature, media outlets...
Last week, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management reported that the federal government succeeded in adding workers with disabilities to its workforce in the 2012 fiscal year. In fact, the addition of 16,653 employees with disabilities last year brings the level of...
The Supreme Court of the United States made history last summer when it ruled that the definition of marriage under federal law was unconstitutional. Not surprisingly, this momentous decision left officials with the Department of Justice very busy, as they suddenly...
The matter of Social Security disability payments has been highly politicized. But what it comes down to is, at the center of each SSDI case is a person. It might be more than an injured or sick worker, actually. There might be a family behind a disability claim that...
Over the last few weeks, much of the discussion on Capitol Hill has been dedicated to the launch of the Affordable Care Act website and its many technical issues. While this is undoubtedly an incredibly important story, there is another news story that has managed to...
The Social Security disability insurance program has recently been maligned in the media by television shows such as 60 Minutes. However, our Texas readership needs to keep in mind that there is another side to this SSDI story. Fact-checkers have apparently already...
Prior to the government shutdown, the Social Security Administration announced that it was putting into effect a contingency plan that would create a buffer between the loss in federal funding and beneficiaries receiving SSD and SSI payments. But while the explanation...
A surprising class-action lawsuit out of California this month may have peaked the interest of some people here in Texas as well, especially those who may be immigrants filing for Social Security disability benefits and may need an interpreter to do so. According to...
Because of the complexities of the Social Security Administration, we don’t fault our readers for having numerous questions when it comes to filing disability claims. As some of our readers may have already discovered from filing claims of their own, sometimes even...