In Florida, if you qualify for both unemployment and Social Security, you will receive your full check under each program; Florida will not reduce your unemployment benefit if you’re getting Social Security. However, filing for Social Security disability benefits while receiving unemployment benefits is problematic, because you are sending each program contradictory messages . TO […]
18,000+ PEOPLE DIED WAITING FOR SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS IN 2 YEARS
WHILE MORE THAN 1,000,000 APPLICANTS WAIT OVER 600 DAYS The Social Security Administration (SSA) reported that in the last 2 years, 18,701 people dies while waiting to learn if they will receive their Social Security Disability Insurance benefits (SSDI). 18.701. This number reflect the brutal state of affairs of the Social Security Disability Insurance program. By […]
MENTAL DISORDERS AND SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS
Over 11 Million people around the country collect Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits including 1.6 Million children of disabled workers. Many of these rely on SSD for many reasons, from physical ailments to mental challenges. Sadly, though SSD exists to help those in need, social stigma about mental illness has made many people reluctant to […]