Long Covid disabled them. Then they met a 'broken' Social Security disability process
By Morgan Stephens, CNN February 25, 2023 Pushing through cognitive impairment, migraines and severe fatigue, Michaelene Carlton, 49,...
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Long Covid is assosited with significantly increased risk of death, heart and lung problems
By Janelle Chavez, CNN March 3, 2023 As the nation anticipates the end of the Covid-19 public health emergency, new research is showing...
Social Security services to worsen despite budget boost, agency head says
By Lisa Rein, The Washington Post February 18, 2023 The Social Security Administration’s already faltering services will further erode...
Lawmakers decry massive backlog in Social Security disability claims
A Washington Post report detailed how the backlog has led to lengthy delays for Americans seeking benefits By Lisa Rein - December 7,...
Brain fog, other long Covid symptoms can last more than a year, study finds
By Kaitlin Sullivan and Erika Edwards, NBC - May 24, 2022 The devastating neurological effects of long Covid can persist for more than a...
How a Social Security program piled huge fines on the poor disabled
Published by Lisa Rein, The Washington Post on May 20, 2022 Four years after her longtime partner died of kidney cancer, federal agents...
Delays in processing disability applications impose 'significant hardships' in Tennessee
Published May 15, 2022 by Anita Wadhwani, Tennessee Lookout A longstanding backlog in the processing of disability benefits applications...
Errors rob thousands of students of Social Security benefits
Published April 29, 2022, The Washington Post By Joe Davidson, Columnist The Social Security Administration prides itself on being...
New Fact Sheet on SSI and Other Benefits for People with Low-Income
Published Monday, May 2, 2022 By Faigy Gilder, NOSSCR The Social Security Administration (SSA) published a new supplementary fact sheet...
Bipartisan bill aims to update rules for federal benefits for elderly, disabled
Published Monday, May 2, 2022 by CNBC By Lorie Konish A federal benefits program for blind, disabled and elderly individuals could get a...
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