It’s estimated there will 268,600 new cases of invasive breast cancer diagnosed in 2019. Worse, it’s estimated that 41,760 women will die from breast cancer in the U.S. this year. How many of these deaths could have been prevented through early detection and treatment? That’s one of the reasons to support National Breast Cancer Awareness […]
Failure to Follow Prescribed Treatment Could Cost You Disability Benefits
If you are filing a claim for long-term disability benefits, always follow your doctor’s instructions and review your disability policy. You may lose your disability benefits if it can be determined that you failed to follow prescribed treatments. Don’t let this happen to you. Insurance companies like to use failure to follow prescribed treatment as […]
Can your Long Term Disability Insurance Company require you to turn over your Social Security Award?
Workers who have bought long term disability insurance plans through your employers and have become too sick or injured to work may be encouraged by their insurance company to apply for disability benefits from the Social Security Administration as well. Sometimes this can be a terrible mistake. An insurance company will ask you to apply […]
Should You Accept A Lump Sum Disability Insurance Settlement?
People buy disability insurance to provide financial assistance in the event that they become too ill or injured to work. If this happens, they file a claim with their insurance company to collect disability benefits. After a disability benefits claim is approved, the insurance companies will sometimes offer the policyholder what is known as a […]
Social Media and Disability Claims
Social media has become a part of daily life for many Americans. Posts about our families, our friends, our jobs and our daily activities are so common as to be second nature. In most cases, these are completely harmless ways to share your life with those you love. However, it’s important to remember that, even […]
Group vs. Individual Disability Insurance: Appealing a Denial
Buying disability insurance is a good idea if you don’t have enough savings or other means of income to support you if you are unable to work for a period of time due to illness or injury. There are two types of short term and long term disability insurance plans: group and individual. Group plans are […]
How Does the New Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act Affect Your Disability Claim?
There’s good news for disabled veterans who have applied for disability benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Congress recently passed the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 designed to make it faster and easier to navigate through the review and appeal process. These new laws went into effect in February 2019. The […]
Do Individuals with Autism Qualify for Social Security Disability Benefits?
According to CDC estimates, 1 out of every 59 children born today will be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. April is National Autism Awareness Month, a time dedicated to educating the public about the many issues that families affected by autism face and the increasing need for services and support. While many articles about autism […]
What to Do If Your Continuing Disability Review Results in Losing Benefits
For those who receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), the Social Security Administration (SSA) does a periodic review known as a Continuing Disability Review (CDR) to ensure its recipients still meet the qualifications. The SSA mainly looks to see if your condition has medically improved, and if so, your SSDI review may render you at […]
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month and Disability Benefits for MS
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA) has declared March to be Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month, and we’d like to take this time to discuss the process a person who is unable to work because of MS must go through in order to be approved for Social Security disability benefits. Disabilities Resulting from Multiple Sclerosis Multiple […]
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