GuyC59<p>On this Day in Social Security History:</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialSecurityat90" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurityat90</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/StrongerTogether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StrongerTogether</span></a></p><p>4/5/1935 The US House of Representatives began debate on The Social Security Act of 1935. <br>More: <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history/senate35.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ssa.gov/history/senate35.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br> <br>4/5/1944 The United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, held that money paid to a widow, after the death of her wage-earner husband pursuant to a back-pay award by the National Labor Relations Board entered after the wage earner's death, did not constitute wages as defined in the original Social Security Act because it was not remuneration for employment.<br>More on, Social Security and Vulnerable Groups—Policy Options to Aid Widows: <a href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R46182" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">congress.gov/crs-product/R4618</span><span class="invisible">2</span></a><br> <br>4/5/1948, President Truman vetoed H.R. 5052, a bill to exclude vendors of newspapers and magazines from social security coverage.<br>More: <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v11n7/v11n7p3.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v11n7/</span><span class="invisible">v11n7p3.pdf</span></a> <br> <br>More Social Security history: <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ssa.gov/history</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> & <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SSAHistGWC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSAHistGWC</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/socialinsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialinsurance</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retirement</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unemployment</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NewDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewDeal</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OASDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OASDI</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> Social Security Administration</p>
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Brian Vastag<p>The stories I'm seeing on Reddit & elsewhere about delays to Social Security Disability Insurance payments seem a little misleading...mostly it's people saying they're not seeing the deposit a day or two early like they used to. That's what happened to my March payment but I did receive it on time. </p><p>Are there confirmed stories of payments actually being late or not showing up at all? </p><p><a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a></p>
GuyC59<p>On this Day in Social Security History:</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialSecurityat90" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurityat90</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/StrongerTogether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StrongerTogether</span></a></p><p> " Resolved, That the General Court of Massachusetts favors the immediate enactment by Congress of suitable legislation creating a national compulsory unemployment-insurance..." F.W. Cook, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the US House of Representatives. <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history/pdf/h416.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ssa.gov/history/pdf/h416.pdf</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>3/27/1960 (March 27 - April 2, 1960) The sixth White House Conference on Children and Youth was held.<br>More: <a href="https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED078896.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED0</span><span class="invisible">78896.pdf</span></a> <br> <br>3/27/1969 (March 27 & May 21, 1969) President Nixon signed the Reorganization Act. <a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-establishing-common-regional-boundaries-for-agencies-providing-social-and" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/</span><span class="invisible">statement-establishing-common-regional-boundaries-for-agencies-providing-social-and</span></a> <br> <br>3/27/1891 SSA awarded a communications terminal replacement contract to the Paradyne Corp. of Largo, Florida. See: The Paradyne Affair (Pg. 126) - <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history/pdf/ota86.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ssa.gov/history/pdf/ota86.pdf</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br> <br>3/27/2006 SSA published its Disability Service Improvement initiative. <a href="https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/cg-778536a2-e58c-44f1-9173-29749804ec54/uploads/2023/12/2006-HearingProcess_2006.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com</span><span class="invisible">/cg-778536a2-e58c-44f1-9173-29749804ec54/uploads/2023/12/2006-HearingProcess_2006.pdf</span></a><br> <br>More Social Security history: <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ssa.gov/history/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> & <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SSAHistGWC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSAHistGWC</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retirement</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unemployment</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NewDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewDeal</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OASDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OASDI</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> Social Security Administration</p>
Sarah Grisham<p><a href="https://union.place/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s interim Social Security chief says he wants to turn off the program if <a href="https://union.place/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> and <a href="https://union.place/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> can’t access Americans’ most sensitive data</p><p><a href="https://union.place/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/LelandDudek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LelandDudek</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PII</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/SSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSI</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-musk-stop-social-security-doge-data-1235300785/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/politics/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-news/trump-musk-stop-social-security-doge-data-1235300785/</span></a></p>
ℵ₀ 🏳️⚧️🏴☠️<p><a href="https://youtu.be/8rnmZ-Mf4CI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/8rnmZ-Mf4CI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>“Significant changes will be coming for Social Security recipients. Millions will no longer be able to verify their identity over the phone, creating a challenge for older <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> and those with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabilities</span></a>. Advocates are raising concerns about the burden this could place on an already vulnerable population. Stephanie Sy discussed more with Kathleen Romig.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialsecurityadministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialsecurityadministration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SSASSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSASSDI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a></p>
starkraving666<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://scholar.social/@CaribenxMarciaX" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CaribenxMarciaX</span></a></span> it definitely takes a little more effort to find stuff on masto, maybe check out various <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/followfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>followfriday</span></a> threads? there are tons out there on all kinds of diff topics. there are also the <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/socialsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/ssi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ssi</span></a> <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/ssdi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ssdi</span></a> <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicare</span></a> tags if you haven't already seen those. they're not always super active but you might find some worthwhile follows/conversations there.</p>
Maggie Maybe<p>The weirdest part of this is when Bernie Sanders is making a speech and he’s talking about how it takes so long to get disability benefits that elderly people who apply for disability end up dying before they get benefits. But if these cuts go through more people will die, and we’re not going to allow that. People cheer, and I am so confused. </p><p>It’s great that they’re not going to allow more people to die waiting, but to acknowledge that this has been happening forever, this IS the way it is, then to claim this isn’t what America is about is blatant bullshit. </p><p>So they were OK with the regular amount of people dying waiting for disability, it was fine that I ended up homeless for years after working 25 years then becoming disabled, but when that happens to more people that’s where they draw the line?</p><p>Cool, but let’s see it. Good. Make it stop then. </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/oeBgGg48mp8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/oeBgGg48mp8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSI</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a></p>
Maggie Maybe<p>“As of March 27, the agency will begin mailing notices about the new 100 percent withholding rate, rather than the recent adjustment of just 10 percent. The withholding rate change applies to new overpayments related to Social Security benefits. The withholding rate for current beneficiaries with an overpayment before March 27 will not change and no action is required. The withholding rate for Supplemental Security Income overpayments remains 10 percent.”</p><p>Press Release | Press Office | <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/2025/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery#2025-03-07-a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ssa.gov/news/press/releases/20</span><span class="invisible">25/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery#2025-03-07-a</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSI</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a></p>
Maggie Maybe<p>I don’t usually share this disability attorney’s content because he’s a Floriduh man, but this one is interesting.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/UzY5ApAPbto" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/live/UzY5ApAPbto</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Even the first AI method he’s talking about would have led to me being denied. And ALJ in my appeal hearing called me out because of the language in my pain management records.</p><p>Do you know how they write that little blurb at the beginning of every visit that says something like “patient presented well orientated, dressed appropriately, able to follow along with care instructions, blah blah blah” that type of thing?</p><p>My pain management records always started like that literally copied and pasted from every visit, and in their blurb they mentioned that I can pay attention.</p><p>So the judge tried to tell me that I’m lying about troubles with ADHD because pain management said I could pay attention. Luckily they literally copied and pasted that first paragraph in every visit for two years so I could point out that that was just “copy pasta” and I could also explain that pain management never evaluated my attention span, they’ve never done any test to evaluate my attention because they are pain management.</p><p>But if AI saw that I might be kicked off disability.</p><p>By the way some of this stuff was implemented a couple years ago during the last administration. But I know none of you wanna hear about that.</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSI</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/CDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDR</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
Kevin LaRose, #SlavaUkraini<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://crooklyn.social/@crooksandliars" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>crooksandliars</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@palin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palin</span></a></span> So I wonder who these “millions of people” he’s talking about are? I have a suspicion I know. To all of those who, like me, receive <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> benefits: Buckle up. Your life could be getting much more interesting, and by interesting I mean messed up.</p>
Kevin LaRose, #SlavaUkraini<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@MichelleRNCHPN" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MichelleRNCHPN</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gwaldby" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gwaldby</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> I have to say that you’re very lucky that you’ll be okay for a few years. Both me and my wife receive <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> benefits, and I have a retirement pension paid out of, wait for it, OPM. We could probably keep the ship afloat for a month or two, but after that…I don’t want to go there yet, I’m already having trouble sleeping.</p>
Maggie Maybe<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>zackwhittaker</span></a></span> I’m so glad I got off his website a long time ago. Do you remember when he told the proud boys where to find Peter Hotez because they wanted to harass Peter for making a vaccine?</p><p>I’m a disabled person who relies on <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> to pay my rent and buy medication. Can you imagine if I had given him my ID to pay for a blue checkmark and then I went on there talking shit about his best friend? Or publicly supporting trans people having the right to exist? My Social Security check might be at risk.</p><p>People need to get off <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> unless they are fully simping for fascism. People need to at least take that spy app off their phone now that it’s owned by a government employee.</p>
Maggie Maybe<p>My <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> income went up by $38, I just looked at the most recent notice of decision for snap because I don’t see any pending benefits like normal so I wanted to make sure something wasn’t wrong with my case specifically.</p><p>My <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SNAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SNAP</span></a> benefits went down $37. Of course I would rather have the cash than money I can only spend on food, even though I get half off produce with those snap dollars. But seriously, WTF?</p><p>The only good thing is that my medical expenses went up so much that my rent went down, and they’ve decided that for disabled people without children and fixed income they don’t care to recertify us annually anymore, just every three years unless we get more money of course.</p><p>So I guess at least I can ride this low rent amount and hopefully it will balance out. <br>But what kind of a game is this even? </p><p>And we can’t blame this one on the felon, he doesn’t have control of how New Hampshire calculates snap benefits and he hasn’t been in there long enough to mess with them yet even if he could.</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/FoodStamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodStamps</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/NH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NH</span></a></p>
longcovid<p>Filing for Disability, # 3, with Beryl Terrell, EDPNA, BLH Disability. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/longCOVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>longCOVID</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChronicIllness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChronicIllness</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/e4e2P1N3K1o?si=oXNuJgGIDFeGTnIT" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/e4e2P1N3K1o?si=oXNuJg</span><span class="invisible">GIDFeGTnIT</span></a></p>
Maggie Maybe<p>This is Biden’s SSA. I hope that everyone who needed to apply for disability for long Covid got their applications in, though it’s not looking good for anyone, it’ll he worse now. They can just stop processing applications like they did with the student loan forgiveness applications that people were entitled to have processed based on the contract they signed.</p><p>This isn’t mine, it’s from Reddit. <br>I would absolutely love to see what evidence they have that these people will improve if they are disabled by long Covid .</p><p>And the sad thing is that people who got sick because they were working with the public are more likely to be denied because they have experience in customer service or retail or whatever customer facing position they had, so the SSA can say that they could do something else.</p><p>People who get disabled and professional jobs where they had specific training are more likely to be successful in their SSDI claim because they aren’t going to expect a brain surgeon to go work at the mall just because they’re too disabled to do brain surgery anymore.</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/MECFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MECFS</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongCovid</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSI</span></a><br><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a></p>
Maggie Maybe<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://twit.social/@MisuseCase" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MisuseCase</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ProPublica</span></a></span> for a brief moment in March of 2020 my MECFS was in remission and I hadn’t realized what Covid was going to be yet.</p><p>I had been working a part-time job since January 2019, and I felt well enough I was considering increasing my hours but if I earned even $20 more a month I would lose $150 in food stamps, I would lose the Medicare premium the state pays for me, my rent would go up because it’s based on my income, and when I did the math on the amount of benefits I would lose just by picking up an extra shift I wouldn’t come out ahead. And I physically couldn’t work enough to make up for the benefits I would lose by working just a little more.</p><p>And I’m glad I gave up on the idea rather than do it and get infected. </p><p>At least with <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> they give people a way to move forward, you can do a thing called the ticket to work and you can earn as much as you want and keep your benefits for a while, then after they stop the checks you can still keep Medicare for a few years. And they claim that at any point during those years if it turns out you have to go back on disability you just let them know and your payments restart. Idk that I would trust that AT ALL, but that’s how it’s supposed to work. And if I was well enough to work full-time my old career is paying a lot of money these days, it would be great to be able to bank a bunch of cash. Unfortunately, I am actually disabled.</p>
Janet Logan (she/her) 🏳️⚧️<p>Disability Benefits: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - YouTube</p><p>"John Oliver discusses why disability benefits can be hard to get and easy to lose, how getting them can turn people’s lives upside down, and why John fucking hates mimes. Ya, you heard us. John Oliver fucking hates mimes. Spread the word."</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq2s7RMRsgs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=hq2s7RMRsg</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/spoonie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spoonie</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JohnOliver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnOliver</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DisabilityBenefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityBenefits</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/spoonies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>spoonies</span></a></span></p>
John Refior<p>"For decades, the Social Security Administration has denied thousands of people disability benefits by claiming they could find jobs that have all but vanished from the US economy—such occupations as nut sorter, pneumatic tube operator and microfilm processor.</p><p>"On Monday, the agency will eliminate all but a handful of those unskilled jobs from a long-outdated database used to decide who gets benefits and who is denied"<br><a href="https://wapo.st/3KX5d8B" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/3KX5d8B</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>—<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a></p>
Tim W RESISTS<p>I've got a good friend who's looking for help: if anyone in Los Angeles knows of a good disability lawyer who only takes a reasonable percentage of back pay awarded, please reach out and let me know, and I will pass it along.</p><p><a href="https://union.place/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawyers</span></a></p>
ahimsa<p>Recap from Bateman Horne Center "Lunch & Learn" on Jan 18:</p><p>"How to be a Demanding Diplomat: Fighting for the Best Available Care in an Unaware System"</p><p><a href="https://batemanhornecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/18-January-2024-Lunch-and-Learn-with-Galen-Warden-Recap.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">batemanhornecenter.org/wp-cont</span><span class="invisible">ent/uploads/2024/01/18-January-2024-Lunch-and-Learn-with-Galen-Warden-Recap.pdf</span></a></p><p>FYI, there's some general info here but a lot of it is specific to the USA.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mecfs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mecfs</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/MEcfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MEcfs</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/PwME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PwME</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/SevereME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SevereME</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a></p>
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