People in a variety of circumstances may need financial assistance to cover the basic expenses of daily life. There are federal benefits programs that can provide regular financial support to those who cannot work and struggle to afford the ever-increasing cost of...
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CBO echoes warnings about the draw on Social Security
As a practice focused on Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income issues we keep a close eye on developments related to those programs. Funding has been a big concern for quite some time.Regular readers in Fresno and elsewhere are aware of...
Two new terrible Social Security gotchas revealed
Workers in California spend years paying their dues into Social Security Administration coffers. In most cases, they don't think much about what benefits they may represent. That's something to think about at retirement, right?But if you're among the folks who read...
Studies suggest Social Security in worse shape than we thought
We've known for years that Social Security programs are headed for trouble. Few are likely to have missed the word that the Social Security Disability Insurance trust fund is projected to be out of reserves by sometime late next year unless Congress takes action. Now...
Progressive seeks return of bipartisanship on SSDI
The presidential election is a year and a-half away, but it's already clear that one of the issues that will be holding center stage will be what should happen with the Social Security Disability Insurance program.In January we posted about how Congress appeared to...
President’s plan for SSDI reform sparks a jeer from GOP
There are many hot button political issues generating headlines these days. One of the most prominent is the one dealing with the Social Security Disability Insurance program and how it's going to be kept alive.As we noted in a post about a month ago, Republicans now...
House rule change called bid to fight disability fraud
The claim that fraud runs rampant in the Social Security Disability Insurance program is one that has been around for quite a while. Critics raised a loud cry in this regard for much of last year. Fresno readers will likely recall the gist of the accusation. It is...