Benefits

Ask A Lawyer: Medicare and Social Security Disability

June 27, 2012
Ask a lawyer about Medicare and disability

Q: Is there a way that Medicare should be picking up medical bills from the time an application is sent for review to the time one can be approved for Medicare? A: Once you are approved for Social Security disability benefits, you do become eligible for Medicare. But you, like most people, will have to [...]

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SSA Puts the Kaibosh on Internet Searching

June 20, 2012
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We’ve warned readers about protecting your online profiles on Social Media sites. You could be blindsided by an ALJ who questions you at your hearing about something that appeared on Facebook. It has already happened to some claimants. Even federal courts have cited internet-information that it found about a plaintiff in a Social Security appeal [...]

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I Am on SSI, Can I Get SSDI Too?

March 23, 2012
Can I get SSDI benefits?

We had a recent question from a reader: Q: I have been approved for SSI, but I really would like to get on disability instead. A: Unfortunately, unless you are insured for Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits (SSDI), there is nothing an attorney can do you get you on SSDI. There are certain requirements that [...]

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Can You Get Disability and Retirement Benefits?

March 23, 2012

We received this question from one of our readers: Q: My dad is 73 years old and worked part-time. He got sick in January of a hernia and had surgery. During all the tests he had done they discovered he had lung cancer stage 3, which will be treated with radiation and chemo.  At his [...]

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Ask a Lawyer: Can I receive SSDI for my new disabilities without interfering with my current payments?

June 16, 2011

Q: Can I receive SSDI for my new disabilities without interfering with my current payments? I am currently receiving SSDI for Bipolar disorder, and have been for about 6 years now. My question is: about three years ago I was diagnosed with bone spurs and osteoarthritis in my spine, and just recently diagnosed with diverticulitis. I was wondering [...]

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