Red State Workers Could Lose Out on Disability Benefits as Trump Administration Rewrites Eligibil...

Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ineligible for aid. These changes would fall disproportionately on some of...

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As Medicaid Purge Begins, ‘Staggering Numbers’ of Americans Lose Coverage

In what’s known as the Medicaid “unwinding,” states are combing through rolls to decide who stays and who goes. But the overwhelming majority of people who have lost coverage so far were dropped...

Long Covid disabled them. Then they met a ‘broken’ Social Security disability process | CNN Business

Pushing through cognitive impairment, migraines and severe fatigue, Michaelene Carlton, 49, mustered up the energy last week to dial the Social Security Administration to speak to her newly appointed...

Social Security denies disability benefits based on list with jobs from 1977

Despite spending at least $250 million to modernize its system, Social Security still relies on 45-year-old job titles to deny thousands of disability claims.

Social Security offices critical to disability benefits hit breaking point

Social Security's state offices that review disability claims are at a breaking point with massive backlogs, leaving disabled Americans waiting months for judgments.

Report by Pa. group finds accessing Social Security disability benefits is too difficult

The report, from Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, was issued earlier this month.

As Social Security disability application wait times hit record high, experts say it's a sign the...

Social Security's services have not been able to keep up as the agency's funding falls short of what it needs. Upcoming congressional budget action may help.