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17 Nov 2011, 11:37 am by Sheri Abrams
Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced that the agency’s most popular online services, the applications for retirement and Medicare and for Extra Help with Medicare prescription drug costs, are now available in Spanish. [read post]
2 May 2012, 7:34 pm by Sheri Abrams
Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, has just announced an online version of the Social Security Statement is now available at www.socialsecurity.gov. [read post]
27 Apr 2009, 1:44 pm by DMS
Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue announced at a congressional hearing on March 24, 2009, that plans are in the works to open ten new hearing offices in an effort to reduce the disability backlog. [read post]
5 Aug 2011, 3:29 am by John Tucker
In one of his "Commissioner's Broadcasts," Commissioner of Social Security, Michael Astrue announced on July 22, 2011 that the Social Security Administration will begin closing offices early due to its strained budget and loss of staff. [read post]
3 May 2009, 6:30 pm by Sheri Abrams
Astrue, the Commissioner of Social Security, says benefits for tens of thousands of people with disabilities are being delayed by furloughs and layoffs of state employees around the country. [read post]
2 Aug 2012, 5:41 pm
Astrue, the District Court for the Northern District of Texas pointed out how a claimant suffering from such pain must prove in order to obtain benefits. [read post]
2 Feb 2009, 12:54 pm by John Tucker
Ballenstedt bballenstedt@govexec.com The Social Security Administration is facing an influx of new disability claims due to the struggling economy, a factor impeding its ability to reduce a backlog of 765,000 hearing requests, the agency's commissioner said on Friday.In an interview with Government Executive, Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue said the tough economy has increased the disability claims caseload by about 10 percent -- or… [read post]
22 Apr 2009, 5:33 am by James F. Aspell
The New haven office sits at 372 days and Springfield, Ma is at 335.To give that some perspective, the New York screening unit has a 135 day processing time (the best) and Chicago, Il comes in dead last with a 783 day wait time.The Forum is also reporting that Congress held a 2 hour hearing on March 24th with Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue to address these long wait times. [read post]
8 Apr 2011, 7:16 am by Sheri Abrams
The government is working to provide the statements online by the end of the year, if it can resolve security issues, Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue said. [read post]
2 May 2012, 7:34 pm by Sheri Abrams
Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, has just announced an online version of the Social Security Statement is now available at www.socialsecurity.gov. [read post]
23 Aug 2011, 1:14 pm
Astrue shows that the Social Security Administration (SSA), agency Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) and appellate courts are expected to follow a strict path in resolving the issue. [read post]
12 Aug 2008, 9:30 pm
The Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Michael Astrue told Congress at a hearing in May, that the average wait time nationally is 505 days! [read post]
30 Jan 2010, 7:34 pm by Sheri Abrams
Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, and Chubby Checker, Grammy Award winner and rock and roll legend, have launched a new campaign to inform millions of Americans about a new “twist” in the law that makes it easier to qualify for extra help with Medicare prescription drug costs. [read post]
3 Jul 2012, 11:22 pm by Rodney Mesriani
Commissioner Astrue previously declared that the agency’s Social Security Statement is a huge success since it achieved its thrust of providing Americans with an easy access to their social security statements. [read post]
8 May 2012, 8:53 am
Daitch's opinion that Plaintiff is disabled for because "the determination of disability is an issue reserved for the Commissioner and as such the undersigned is not bound to give any special significance to the source of such an opinion. [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 3:30 am by Jon L. Gelman
Attorney for the Commissioner of Social Security appealed, arguing that the court must defer to state intestacy law, regardless of whether the Social Security Act's definition of child is ambiguous. [read post]