Posts in December, 2011

Dec 28 Woman Steals Daughter-In-Law’s Identity For Nine Years

Given the troubles that legitimately disabled Americans often have when applying for disability benefits, it sometimes comes as a ...

Dec 22 Social Security Benefits And The Homeless

A story from last year about a homeless New York man highlights some the difficulties the homeless face, the determination many of ...

Dec 16 Social Security Benefits Generally Safe From Creditors

A common concern amongst Social Security beneficiaries is whether creditors can take their Social Security benefits to satisfy ...

Dec 15 Representative Payee Program Helps Disability Beneficiaries

The Philadelphia case in which a group of mentally disabled adults were locked in a basement while their captors stole their ...

Dec 13 SSA No Longer Lets Applicants File Multiple Claims

Earlier in the year, the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) changed its interpretation of a certain policy; the change could ...

Dec 07 Disability Benefits Receive Support From Congress

Amidst all the talk of cutbacks in government spending, it should be reassuring for disabled Americans that there appears to be a ...