The Social Security “User Fee”

I have previously written about how Social Security (usually) pays your lawyer directly if you win your Social Security disability case.

But did you know that Social Security charges to do this.  The Florida Social Security Disability Blog (in my old stomping grounds of Ocala and Gainesville), discusses the Social Security “user fee.”
The Social Security Act requires SSA to charge an assessment or “user fee” to a representative who receives all or part of his or her fee through direct payment from SSA. …

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