Posts tagged disabled workers

• Sitting, Waiting, Wishing For Your Medicare Coverage During Your SSD Eligibility

  Stuart McAtee | June 04, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Must I always be waiting waiting on you? Must I always be playing, playing your fool? Sitting, Waiting, Wishing --Jack Johnson The goal of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)...

• More Government Isn't Always a Bad Thing

  Stuart McAtee | May 28, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  According to a story in Federaltimes.com, the executive branch will grow to more than 2 million civilian employees for the first time in 15 years, under President Barack Obama’s 2010 budget...

• Understanding Your Social Security Statements

  Stuart McAtee | May 27, 2009 5:07 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Now that tax season is over(for those who didn't file an extension), I'm sure the last thing most Americans want to discuss is another form from the government. However, this is a different kind of...

• Obama Administration Will Take a Closer Look at SSD Benefits in 2010

  Stuart McAtee | May 14, 2009 8:00 AM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As we know, no government program is flawless and inefficiency can occur. I have written about the process for a disabled worker to apply for SSD benefits, and the length of time it takes for...

• Social Security Disability: It's Not Just Physical

  Stuart McAtee | May 11, 2009 8:00 AM | 6 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  When most people think of a disability, they think of a physical disability which disallows a person from working, thus perhaps qualifying for Social Security benefits through the Social Security...

• Think Outside the Box this Mother's Day

  Stuart McAtee | May 07, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  When helping disabled clients and potential clients with disability claims, it has become obvious that a good portion of our society does not have a good grasp of their own financial situation...

• I think I'm Disabled, Now What?

  Stuart McAtee | May 04, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  For many workers who have disabling conditions, beginning the application process can be overwhelming. Don't let fear prevent you from applying for Social Security benefits. Anything to do with the...

• 19 Million Working-Age Americans Have a Disability According to Census Bureau

  Stuart McAtee | April 30, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  More than 19 million working—age Americans-10.9 percent of people ages 21 to 64—have a work disability, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau's March 2008 Current Population...

• V.P. Biden Announces $250 Recovery Payments to go to Disability Beneficiaries

  Stuart McAtee | April 16, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  According to a Social Security Administration press release, Vice President Joe Biden and Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, recently announced that the federal government will send...

• Why are disabled Americans unable to receive their Social Security benefits?

  Stuart McAtee | April 02, 2009 3:21 PM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Social Security considers you disabled if you are unable to engage in “substantial gainful activity” (SGA) as the result of one or more medical conditions that has lasted, or is expected...