Thousands of extremely low-income older adults and people with disabilities have likely had their Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits cut off erroneously, bringing many of “Report: SSA’s Reliance on Flawed Data Leads to People Losing SSI Benefits”
Category: Social Security
Report: SSA’s Reliance on Flawed Data Leads to Low-Income People Losing Vital SSI Benefits
Washington, DC—Thousands of extremely low-income older adults and people with disabilities have likely had their Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits cut off erroneously, bringing many “Report: SSA’s Reliance on Flawed Data Leads to Low-Income People Losing Vital SSI Benefits”
Closed Social Security Offices Hinder Applying for Supplemental Security Income
AARP: Closed Social Security Offices Hinder Applying for Supplemental Security Income (March 26, 2021) Across the country, fax, phone and website have been the only “Closed Social Security Offices Hinder Applying for Supplemental Security Income”
Pandemic Creates Challenges for People Applying for SSI Benefits
Scripps National News: Pandemic Creates Challenges for People Applying for SSI Benefits (March 4, 2021) In this broadcast news segment, Senior Staff Attorney Kate Lang “Pandemic Creates Challenges for People Applying for SSI Benefits”
America’s Disability Lifelines are Badly Eroded When we Need Them Most
Center for Health Journalism: America’s Disability Lifelines are Badly Eroded When we Need Them Most (February 22, 2021) Thousands of poor Americans and those with “America’s Disability Lifelines are Badly Eroded When we Need Them Most”
Tampa Bay’s Older Workers Among Those Struggling to Stay Afloat, Save for Retirement
Tampa Bay Times: Tampa Bay’s Older Workers Among Those Struggling to Stay Afloat, Save for Retirement (December 22, 2020) During the pandemic workers 55 and “Tampa Bay’s Older Workers Among Those Struggling to Stay Afloat, Save for Retirement”
Free Webinar: Post-Election Implications for Older Adults
When: Tuesday, November 17, 11:00 a.m. PT/2:00 p.m. ET There was much at stake for older adults in the election, particularly older adults of color, older “Free Webinar: Post-Election Implications for Older Adults”
Adults 55 and Older Face Higher Unemployment Rates Than Mid-Career Workers
KJZZ: Adults 55 and Older Face Higher Unemployment Rates Than Mid-Career Workers (October 30, 2020) COVID-19 has exposed the role ageism plays in our society. And “Adults 55 and Older Face Higher Unemployment Rates Than Mid-Career Workers”
A Postal Slowdown is Scary for those who get Meds by Mail
Wired: A Postal Slowdown is Scary for those who get Meds by Mail, August, 24, 2020 In June, the United States Postal Service (USPS) made “A Postal Slowdown is Scary for those who get Meds by Mail”
Justice in Aging Opposes the President’s Efforts to Undermine the Social Security System
Last weekend President Trump issued, among other actions, a memorandum deferring employee payroll taxes from August through the end of 2020, denying Social Security billions “Justice in Aging Opposes the President’s Efforts to Undermine the Social Security System”