Many Illinois residents depend on Social Security Disability Insurance and other benefits to survive, but imagine not having a Social Security number with which to claim any applicable benefits under the Social Security Act. This was the situation for two sisters from rural Kentucky. The two women lived for more than 20 years without Social […]
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Sisters to be Issued Social Security Cards After Over Twenty Years
Posted on November 30th, 2011 by Jeffrey Rabin
Proposed Social Security Act Budget Cuts Could Threaten Service
Posted on November 15th, 2011 by Jeffrey Rabin
The Social Security employees at the Freeport, Illinois office are making their voices heard. Two at a time, they picketed on the corner outside their local Social Security Administration office, handing out information to people passing by to gain support against cuts proposed by Congress to the Social Security Act budget for 2012. The hope […]
Illinois AARP Director: Don’t Change Social Security Act
Posted on October 28th, 2011 by Jeffrey Rabin
Illinois residents struggling to receive their Social Security benefits will have a tougher time of it if Congress follows through on a proposed laundry list of government budget cuts. Bob Gallo, the Illinois State Director for the AARP recently wrote an Op-Ed piece in which he advised Congress to leave cuts to the Social Security […]
Thousands of People Wrongfully Deemed Dead by SSA
Posted on October 17th, 2011 by Jeffrey Rabin
As mentioned in the previous blog, the Social Security Administration was found to be paying benefits to deceased people. Now, a new investigation shows those same officials in charge of Social Security Disability and other government benefit programs under SSA falsely report each year more than 14,000 people who are very much alive. And if […]
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