Social Security crossed a new milestone when it reached its 87th anniversary on Sunday. The program was signed into law by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on Aug. 14, 1935. Today it provides monthly checks to more than 65 million beneficiaries. But it now faces a deadline after which the program will no longer

Washington, D.C. – A study released today by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) shows significant inconsistencies in the expedited appeals process for Social Security disability benefits, raising concerns that individuals facing homelessness or other emergencies may have faced dangerously long delays in their appeals hearings. Cases that fail to qualify for fast

  July 26, 2022 Three U.S. Senators have written a letter to Kilolo Kiijakazi, acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, urging the department to improve its outreach to parents of children with disabilities who might be eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 11