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Martinez Settlement

NSCLC: Improving the Lives of America's Elderly Poor<- Areas of Expertise<- Income Security<- Martinez Settlement<- Important Information for Advocates Working with Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Recipients<- Martinez Settlement
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The settlement of a class action lawsuit (Martinez v. Astrue) has ended the Social Security Administration’s policy of denying or suspending benefits for “fleeing to avoid prosecution,” based solely on the existence of an outstanding felony arrest warrant. In addition to abandoning the illegal policy, SSA has agreed to repay more than $500 million in benefits that were unlawfully withheld from 80,000 people whose benefits have been suspended or denied since January 1, 2007. People whose benefits were suspended or denied between 2000 and 2006 will be notified of the change in policy and given a chance to re-establish eligibility. All told, over 200,000 people will benefit from the settlement. To obtain the Consumer Handouts in alternate formatting please contact Nancy Arevalo, narevalo@nsclc.org or 510-663-1055 ext. 301.

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