Posts under ‘SSA News’

The number of “aged” cases – cases pending for more than 900 (!) days dropped in 2007 from 63,700 to 108 during fiscal year 2007.
Fortunately, I do not see too many cases in Colorado that have been waiting more than two and half years for a hearing.  Unfortunately, I still see the average wait time [...]

Social Security Administration is establishing a National Hearing Center (NHC) so that a centralized cadre of Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) can use video hearing technology to hear cases in the most backlogged parts of the country. … The agency also plans to hire about 150 ALJs and some additional hearing office support staff [...]

I came across this at Daily Motion:
Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) was joined by West Seneca Supervisor Wallace Piotrowski and local Social Security Administration employees as he announced that he has introduced H.R. 5110 The Social Security Customer Service Improvement Act, a new bill that would give Congress a proper oversight role for local hearing office [...]

CBS reports on denials and long waiting periods in Social Security Disability cases.
Disability Pay Rejections A two-month CBS News investigation has revealed that many individuals who are disabled are either being rejected or waiting years for a decision on benefits. Armen Keteyian reports.Social Security Criticized
Part 1 (click for video)

The Social Security Administration refuses over two-thirds [...]

We all know that the wait to have your disability case decided is too long.  Fortunately, Social Security is introducing programs to try to speed up the process, and reduce the backlog of cases awaiting decisions.
Social Security issued a final rule on September 5, 2007 extending nationwide its Quick Disability Determination (QDD) process.  Under QDD, a [...]