Is It Illegal to Hack Someone’s Phone?

Are There Laws Prohibiting Non-Consensual Access to or Use of Another Person’s Phone? What Are the Potential Penalties? Hackers are getting more sophisticated every day....

Social Security Office Lists the Top Baby Names for 2018

Emma and Liam were the top two baby names for 2018, according to the Social Security Administration’s Office of the Chief Actuary. Social Security tracks...

The Ugly Truth Behind the Sunny Financial Outlook in a New Social Security Report

The 2019 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) and Disability Insurance (DI) Trust Funds was...

Study Reveals Positive Effect of Professional Representation at Social Security Hearings

A Government Accountability Office (GAO) study of hearings-level award rates for disability claims revealed that “claimants who had representation at their hearings, were allowed benefits...

What Will Happen to Grandma and Grandpa in the Nursing Home Under the Proposed Budget Cuts?

Currently, Medicaid pays for about two-thirds of the 1.4 million elderly people in nursing homes. Congress is currently debating dramatic cuts to Medicaid, in addition...

Federal Hiring Freeze Likely to Worsen SSDI Backlog

President Donald Trump’s federal hiring freeze is expected to worsen the already significant backlog of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) cases awaiting hearings at the...

Changes to How the Social Security Administration Examines Mental Disabilities

As of January 17, 2017, SSA is updating their criteria for determining whether or not someone is disabled due to a mental or emotional impairment....

2034 and 2023 – Important Years for Current and Future Social Security Beneficiaries

For years, people have been claiming that Social Security disability and retirement benefits are going to end. They are actually separate funds, but at times...

Why does it take so long?

I try to warn clients during our first meeting, that SSA will not move quickly. This is hard to accept since most people are in dire...

YouTube Is Helping Attorneys Prove Disability

During a Disability hearing, the burden is on you (and/or your attorney) to prove that you can not perform your past work. Once you have...

Social Security Disability for Migraines

In order to be awarded SSDI disability benefits, you must show a “medically determinable impairment.” This means medical tests must support your claims. Occasionally, evidence...

Social Security Facts for Spouses and Widow(er)s

If you have worked at least 10 years and/or earned 40 work credits, you are vested in the social security program. That means once you...