If you cannot work due to the effects of cancer, then there are options available to help pay for daily living needs. One of these options is applying for disability benefits which are provided by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to applicants whose cancer prevents them from working for at least 12 months.
The COVID-19 pandemic’s long-term effects are still being felt in Massachusetts and elsewhere. Specifically, the pandemic yielded staffing shortages throughout the healthcare industry that have yet to be fully addressed. Although these shortages have the potential to affect anyone, they’ve had a particularly significant impact on the lives of disabled individuals.
In recent years many Americans have been rethinking their retirement plans and when they should start collecting their Social Security benefits. Changes in the economy, changes in the workforce, and a sense of financial insecurity are all impacting the decisions that workers are making about Social Security.
In the United States many adults enter their retirement years alone. Estimates are that more than 27% of seniors 65 and older (or more than 20 million people) are living alone. But not having a partner in retirement doesn’t mean that you can’t have a rewarding and fulfilling third act.
Retirement is meant to be a relaxing phase of an individual’s life. However, if you have limited retirement savings, it can also be stressful, as you might have to make adjustments to your lifestyle now that you no longer have a regular income.
On August 22, 2023 the Social Security Administration announced that that they will no longer be accepting applications by fax. In order to submit an application for any of the different types of benefits that the Social Security Administration offers you’ll have to use another method of submission. In most cases the best way to submit your application and all of the supporting documents is to make an appointment at your local SSA office.
Each year the Social Security Administration (SSA) receives millions of applications for Social Security Disability benefits. In California, the number of applications received has increased nearly three-hundred percent over the past three years. This has resulted in significant delays for many of the California Social Security Disability applicants who are in desperate need of disability benefits.
There are more than two million residents living in the State of Oklahoma. Approximately 5.3 percent of these residents receive monthly disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA). To qualify for Social Security disability benefits in Oklahoma, you must meet guidelines for disability, income, and/or work credits, all set by the SSA.
