An explosion yesterday in Ewing, NJ caused damage to at least 55 units on Scenic Drive. I could feel the blast from my office right across the street and could see the massive smoke rising…
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Being a nurse is the type of job that requires a certain personality. It requires someone to be caring and have sense of wanting to help others and yet at the same time a personality…
Read More“I’m a victim of patient dumping,” said James Flavey Coy Brown, explaining his ordeal at a press conference on a recent lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on his behalf. Brown, a longtime…
Read MoreRecently, USA Today published a lengthy article discussing Social Security disability, and delineating the options for people who do not wish to rely solely on benefits for this government program. “The Social Security Administration provides…
Read MoreEarlier this month, the Social Security Administration published a “fraud advisory,” warning beneficiaries that it has learned of a number identity theft schemes that try to illegally divert Social Security benefits, including Social Security disability…
Read MoreOn April 29, 2013, new rules for how the Social Security Administrations treats visual disorders will take effect. The changes are purposed with both clarifying the evaluation of visual disorders and assessing claims in a…
Read MoreSocial Security Administration is Adept at “Weeding Out Disability Cheaters” A recent article (found here: http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2013/04/10/opinion/ssa-procedures-weed-out-cheaters.html)—itself a response to another opinion piece published to the contrary—extolled the lengths to which the Social Security Administration goes…
Read MoreConsortium for Citizens with Disabilities Weighs in On Social Security Disability Debate In response to all the negative media attention currently being poured onto Social Security Disability, the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD)—a coalition…
Read MoreMedia Split Over Relationship Between Social Security Disability and the Unemployment Rate On Friday, the U.S. Department of Labor released the latest national employment statistics. And, though the unemployment rate fell to a four-year-low of…
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