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Will Social Security Go Bankrupt?
Paul Krugman tackles this topic in his March 28, 2008 column:
The date at which the trust fund will run out, according to Social Security Administration projections, has receded steadily into the future: 10 years ago it was 2029, now it’s 2042. As Kevin Drum, Brad DeLong, and others have pointed out, the SSA estimates are [...]
National Hearing Center Aims to Reduce Case Backlog
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 [...]
Quick Disability Determination Expands Into More States
photo credit: Amnemona
We all know that the wait to have your 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. [...]
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