The Social Security Administration (SSA) has implemented a significant change in its appeal process for disability beneficiaries. This change affects those whose benefits have been terminated ...

Although nearly 9 million Americans currently receive disability benefits from the Social Security Administration, a large number of applicants are left out in the cold every year. Here's what you ...

Furthermore, also this year, SSA has removed the signature requirement entirely for 13 of its most commonly used forms totaling about 1 million submissions in volume annually.

When the COVID-19 pandemic began in earnest in spring 2020, the Social Security Administration (SSA), along with scores of businesses, was forced to close about 1,200 field offices and transition ...

Those forms collectively represent roughly 14 million signatures submitted yearly, making up 90% of the forms most regularly used by customers at local SSA offices. “Across forms that Americans use ...

The new application is meant to be simpler and is informed by customer testing, SSA said. It will be pre-populated where possible, and have as few as 12 questions — down from 54.