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Your Guide to Social Security Disability Back Pay

Your Guide to Social Security Disability Back Pay

Many Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) applicants are discouraged when they find out there’s often a significant waiting period before you can start receiving benefits. While this delay of funds can make staying afloat financially more difficult in the meantime, there is a silver lining to look forward to—Social Security Disability back pay.  What Is …

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What You Need to Know About Medicare and SSDI Benefits

What You Need to Know About Medicare and SSDI Benefits

Medicare Open Enrollment is October 15 – December 7, 2020. If you are applying for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits and are wondering when your new health insurance will kick in, now is the best time to learn how Medicare works, who it benefits, and how Medicare and SSDI benefits can work together. Social …

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Will Social Security Disability Increase in 2021?

Will Social Security Disability Increase in 2021?

The Social Security Administration recently announced a 1.3% benefit increase for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients beginning in January 2021. The annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) reflects an overall increase in the Consumer Price Index, which is calculated yearly by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Find out everything you need …

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Does Traumatic Brain Injury Qualify for Disability?

Does Traumatic Brain Injury Qualify for Disability?

Across the United States, more than 13.5 million people live with a disability caused by a traumatic brain injury (TBI). That number continues to grow by as many as 90,000 people per year, according to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). After any kind of serious injury that results in long-term cognitive or physical …

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How To Win a Social Security Disability Hearing

How To Win a Social Security Disability Hearing

According to the most recent data from the Social Security Administration (SSA), just under 36% of first-time Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) applications were approved in 2019. The remaining 64% of applications were denied, leaving hundreds of thousands of potentially disabled Americans with no access to benefits. Fortunately, you can appeal an SSA decision. However, …

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