Social Security disability benefits automatically convert to retirement benefits when a person reaches full retirement age.

Amid fears of cuts to Social Security programs and government workforce reductions, nearly 300,000 Americans are waiting on ...

The Social Security Administration's actuary estimated 30,000 people died in 2023 while waiting for a decision on disability benefits.

Projections indicate that, in less than two years, there will be a staggering 2.5 million people in Social Security’s disability ... days for an initial disability decision (up from 111 days ...

DOGE is taking its wrecking ball to the Social Security Administration, the agency responsible for overseeing retirement and ...

As of January, nearly 300,000 Americans are awaiting decisions on their Social Security disability appeals ... hired close to 600 ALJs and over 500 decision writers to expedite the hearings ...

Like Social Security retirement benefits, SSDI checks shouldn’t be interrupted. However, if you’re applying for disability benefits or awaiting a decision on your application, it’s possible ...

The Department of Government Efficiency is sifting through $1.6 trillion worth of Social Security payments ... dates and earnings information but not disability information.

It takes nearly eight months, on average, to receive an initial decision on a disability claim, roughly double what it took prior to the pandemic. Even before Trump took office, Social Security was ...

Does the Social Security Administration estimate that 30,000 Americans die annually waiting for a decision on their disability benefits? is a post from Wisconsin Watch, a non-profit investigative ...

Musk also recently posted a chart on X that alleged that ... of the fraud in federal entitlements (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, Disability, etc.) exceeds the combined sum of ...

The Trump administration is cutting more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development's foreign aid contracts.