I cannot count how many times angry clients and other people have told me that the reason Social Security is having so many problems is because of the illegal aliens.  There are endless versions of this claim, but they all distill to this: hardworking Americans are getting shafted so that Uncle S...

Many of my clients are very frustrated by the extraordinary delays in getting Social Security to process their claims. The most frustrated people I deal with, though, are the ones who have seen some other claimant get approved in a shorter time. I got one of those calls today from a lovely women ...

For many people who are waiting for Social Security to approve their application for disability benefits find that they need to move. Often, people will need to move in with family in another State.  A number of clients have called to ask what happens if they do move. The short answer is that 

The other day a client told me a story that was hard to believe.  He went down to one of our local SSA offices to apply for disability.  The worker he met with flat-out refused to take the application. The SSA worker told my client that because he was working part time, he was not eligible for di...

I read today that Social Security is conducting more fraud investigations than they have in the past. 

Social Security falls even farther behind in scheduling hearings. There is no good explanation why. Is the system about to bind up and stop?