Category: Social Security Facts

COVID ‘Long Haulers’ Could Find Help From Social Security Disability Benefits (Part 2)

COVID ‘Long Haulers’ have the potential to receive SSDI benefits but without the proper guidance these long haulers will end up wasting their time. Here are 2 more rules to follow to ensure a successful SSDI application outcome: Be Aware

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COVID ‘Long Haulers’ Could Find Help From Social Security Disability Benefits

Stick to the 4 rules to maximize your chance of a successful SSDI application due to a long term illness derived from COVID: It’s Better To Apply Early Getting SSDI approved can be a long and arduous process. A Government

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Cancer Disability: SSDI Benefits and Lung Cancer Part 3

How Long Do Benefits Last? If you qualify for SSDI, your benefits will continue until you can return to work on a regular basis. There are also work incentives that provide continued healthcare coverage and benefits to help make the

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Cancer Disability: SSDI Benefits and Lung Cancer Part 2: Who Qualifies for Cancer Disability?

To qualify for SSDI benefits with lung cancer, you must: Have worked at jobs that were covered by Social Security Have a medical condition that meets the strict definition of disability This means that your condition must limit your ability

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Cancer Disability: SSDI Benefits and Lung Cancer

A lung cancer diagnosis can be physically, emotionally, and financially disabling, and many lung cancer patients need financial assistance to help them stay afloat financially. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is a federally run benefit program earned by people who

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Beware of Social Security Scams and Fraud

Social Security scams and frauds are on the rise. The best defense is education and awareness. FEMA representatives will ask for social security and bank account numbers when you apply for assistance and may ask for it again after you

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Social Security Quiz: How Well Do You Understand Social Security? | ANSWERS

Here are the answers from theinsurance company MassMutual’s Social Security knowledge quiz: If I take benefits before my full retirement age, they will be reduced for early filing. (T) If I am receiving benefits before my full retirement age and

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The AARP Is In Favor Of Getting A Social Security Disability Attorney | Part 2

There is one good reason to keep with the original filing. That is that the day the filer files their initial claim is called their “protective filing date,” which allows them in some cases to claim back pay going back

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The AARP Is In Favor Of Getting A Social Security Disability Attorney | Part 1

The AARP recently published some advice for what to do in that situation. According to the organization’s website, which cited a staff attorney with the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives, claimants have the choice of either appealing that

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Applying Social Security Disability In A Post-Covid Environment

For readers of this blog “experience” is a term that has been used extensively on here but it is a critical factor more than ever. COVID-19 hasn’t stopped people from claiming social security disability benefits completely but it has slowed

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