The Supplementary Security Income (SSI) Restoration Act of 2021 has been introduced in both the House and the Senate. The bill would improve the lives “The SSI Restoration Act of 2021”
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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”
When Skilled Nursing Facilities Act as Representative Payees
A representative payee is a third party who is authorized to receive and manage Social Security payments for a beneficiary who isn’t able to do “When Skilled Nursing Facilities Act as Representative Payees”
How SSA Can Improve the Representative Payee Program to Protect Vulnerable Seniors
Social Security’s Representative Payee Program is crucial to protecting the resources and economic security of vulnerable older adults who cannot manage their own finances. It “How SSA Can Improve the Representative Payee Program to Protect Vulnerable Seniors”
Democratic Debate Senior Poverty Question: A Missed Opportunity to Provide Solutions
“How will you as president work to ensure low-income seniors get their basic needs?” During last night’s Democratic debate, Gwen Ifill shared a question from “Democratic Debate Senior Poverty Question: A Missed Opportunity to Provide Solutions”
What You (And the WHCOA) Missed Last Week
If you were out of the office last week enjoying the Holidays and ringing in the New Year you may have missed two important news “What You (And the WHCOA) Missed Last Week”
Social Security Continues Discriminating Against Same Sex Married Couples By Making Them Pay Thousands of Dollars for Agency Mistake
Hugh Held and Orion Masters of Los Angeles, California have been together for more than 20 years. When marriage to a person of the same “Social Security Continues Discriminating Against Same Sex Married Couples By Making Them Pay Thousands of Dollars for Agency Mistake”
ISSUE BRIEF: SSA’s Failure to Process SSI Appeals Requests
January 2014 — An issue brief from the National Senior Citizens Law Center says that the Social Security Administration needs a uniform system in place “ISSUE BRIEF: SSA’s Failure to Process SSI Appeals Requests”
ISSUE BRIEF: Why SSI Needs An Appeal Process That Works
September 2013 — An NSCLC issue brief, Why SSI Needs an Appeal Process That Works, provides an overview of how Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients “ISSUE BRIEF: Why SSI Needs An Appeal Process That Works”
Statement by NSCLC’s Paul Nathanson on the Chained CPI
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s budget proposal released today includes an unacceptable change to Social Security’s cost of living adjustments (COLAs). A switch to the chained CPI “Statement by NSCLC’s Paul Nathanson on the Chained CPI”
