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Elaine Clark began receiving Social Security Disability Insurance in 1996 when she was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease. In January of that year, retroactive to January 2005, the Social Security Administration unlawfully stopped paying her benefits based on an outstanding warrant.. READ MORE
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Comments: Proposed USDA Guidance on Language Access
(5/2/12) NSCLC and the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum developed model comments commending the USDA for its efforts and proposing recommendations to implement the guidance on its plan to provide meaningful access to language assistance services for individuals with … Continue reading
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Clark v Astrue Court Order Restoring Benefits
As many as 140,000 Americans nationwide will get their Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits restored as a result of an order issed by Judge Sidney H. Stein in a federal court in Manhattan April 13, 2012. READ … Continue reading
NSCLC Supports Rebuild America Act
In a letter to Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chair of the Committee on health, Education , Labor and Pensions, NSCLC strongly endorsed the Rebuild America Act mainly because of its embrace of the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers for determining … Continue reading
Posted in Social Security, Supplemental Security Income
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NSCLC Joins Call for Action on Refugee Issue
(3/26/2012) In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), NSCLC joined nearly 40 organizations and 45 individuals urging immediate reinstatement and extension of SSI eligibility for “this vulnerable group of refugees and humanitarian migrants.” Applauding the Senate for passing … Continue reading
Table Helps Calculate Medicaid Eligibility Under Pickle Amendment
Dec. 5, 2011 - Social Security announced this fall for the first time since 2009 that there will be a cost of living adjustment in Social Security and SSI benefits effective January 1. This adjustment will affect the calculation of Pickle … Continue reading
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Refugee, Asylees and Others Need Our Support
Contact Your Members of Congress Today! Senators and Representatives need to hear from advocates about the urgent need to address extending the Sept. 30 deadline for refugees and other humanitarian immigrants or they will lose their Supplemental Security ncome (SSI) … Continue reading
Senate Bill Seeks to Solve Refugee Sept. 30 Deadline Problem
Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY), Kirsten Gildebrand (D-NY) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) have submitted a bill today to preserve SSI for some 4,600 refugees, asylees and other humanitarian refugees. Read the Senate Refugee Bill.
Treasury Rules Governing Garnishment of Directly Deposited Benefits
Effective May 1, 2011, rules went into effect governing garnishment from accounts into which certain exempt federal benefits are directly deposited. The new rules are designed to assure the account holder of uninterrupted access to at two months worth of … Continue reading
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Policy Issue Brief: SSI Modernization Improvements Long Overdue
(7/18/11) Supplemental Security Income covers over 8 million Americans; all of them are over age 65 or unable to work because of disabilities. A basic problem is that the program is still desiigned for 1972, the year it was signed … Continue reading
Policy Issue Brief: Does the Social Security COLA Need to be Changed?
(6/30/11) As policymakers debate changing the cost of living adjustment, NSCLC recommends a switch to the CPI-E as the basis for calculating the COLA for Social Security, veterans and other federal benefits. READ THE BRIEF
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