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Kaiser Health News Long Term Care Ombudsmen Face Challenges to Independence (1-27-2013) NSCLC Directing Attorney Eric Carlson says that ombudsman programs outside of state governments are less subject to political pressure
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Category Archives: Social Security
Social Security Modernization: Options to Address Solvency and Benefit Adequacy
On May 18, 2010, the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging released a new committee report. Click here to access the report.
Social Security Administration Retreats from “Unknowing Flight” Doctrine and Will Pay Hundreds of Millions in Back Benefits
This article in the Clearinghouse REVIEW Journal of Poverty Law and Policy has details of the Martinez settlement.
Government Stops Unlawful Social Security Suspensions; Agrees To Repay More Than Half A Billion in Back Benefits
August 11, 2009 Government Stops Unlawful Social Security Suspensions; Agrees To Repay More Than Half A Billion in Back Benefits More than 200,000 people eligible again through court settlement Oakland, Calif. – The Social Security Administration has agreed to repay more … Continue reading
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Social Security Settlement Could Benefit 100,000+ People and Restore Hundreds of Millions in Benefits
A proposed settlement has been reached in Martinez v. Astrue, No. 08-CV-4735 CW (N.D. Cal.). The settlement will obligate the Social Security Administration to halt procedures which in recent years have caused the unjustified denial or suspension of benefits for … Continue reading
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Court Upholds Rehab Act Claim for Blind Participants in SSA Programs
The decision is an important victory for the estimated 3,000,000 participants in Social Security programs who are blind or have low vision, the overwhelming majority of whom are over the age of 80. A district court in California has denied … Continue reading
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Commissioner’s Letter on SSA Appeals Changes
The Social Security Commissioner has announced that he will delay issuance of final regulations on the provision requiring that all evidence be submitted at least five business days in advance of an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) hearing and the companion … Continue reading
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NSCLC’s Comments on Proposed SSA Appeals Changes
Read NSCLC’s comments on the proposed rule changes.
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NSCLC Challenges SSA Policy on Alleged Probation Violation
A lawsuit has been filed by NSCLC on behalf of a nationwide class of thousands of individuals, who have lost their Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, challenging the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) policy of suspending or denying … Continue reading
SSA Announces New Rules for Service of Process
The Social Security Administration (SSA) published Final Rules changing the rules for service of process in lawsuits involving judicial review of SSA final decisions on individual claims for benefits. 70 Fed. Reg. 73135 (Dec. 9, 2005). The rules were promulgated … Continue reading
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GAO Issues Report on Social Security Indexing Options
The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) new report, “Social Security Reform: Implications of Different Indexing Choices” GAO-06-804 (Sept. 14, 2006), which was issued on GAO’s own initiative, is a good useful introduction to the use of indexing in the Social Security … Continue reading
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