WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Social Security Administration (SSA) is making significant changes to its disability determination process, aiming to modernize and improve how disability benefits are ...

Navigating the complexities of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) can be daunting, especially when it comes to medical reviews. These evaluations determine if you still qualify for benefits, ...

In five Quick Disability Determination cases studied, the SSA had unexplained and/or unsupported delays that led to an average of 60 days of processing time, well above the fiscal 2021 average of ...

The SSA's plan to improve wait times includes hiring 400 additional disability determination examiners nationwide, upgrading technology used to review cases, and encouraging more customers to seek ...

At the same time, the number of full-time workers at the Social Security Administration has declined almost 10% from about 63,000 employees in 2014 to about 57,000 workers in 2022, agency data shows.

Social Security Disability Insurance, or SSDI, is a program that provides monthly payments to disabled workers, adult children and widows or widowers.The program requires a qualifying diagnosis ...

As we look to the midterm elections next year, Trump will be dealing with 2.5 million people in Social Security’s disability backlog who aren’t receiving a basic governmental function.

Those who are not applying for Medicare, Disability, and SSI should prepare for the new ID policy by creating a “my Social Security” account on the SSA website, if they do not already have one.

If you are under age 62 and disabled, then you should definitely file for Social Security disability.(Chatchai Limjareon / Getty Images) I often feel guilty if I write a column that essentially ...

Applicants wait months as Social Security, with the help of the state’s Disability Determination division, evaluates their application. A yes from Social Security means benefits.