People in the Columbia area who receive Social Security Disability benefits should be aware of a scam being perpetrated against people in their situation. A woman in a nearby state says that someone called her and offered her $2,000 per month -- in exchange for $750...
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Month: February 2013
Woman denied SSDI for breast cancer may lose home
As we said in our Feb. 12 blog post, the majority of applications for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits filed by residents of Columbia are initially rejected by the Social Security Administration. When someone living with a disability is told by SSA that...
Despite news anchor’s claim, little fraud in SSDI program
Residents of Columbia, Missouri, who receive Social Security Disability insurance after developing a disability will likely be dismayed to hear a cable news anchor accuse them of fraud. It may be shocking to hear, but that is what Shannon Bream, a guest host on Fox...
SSA updating ‘intellectual disability’ language
Readers in Columbia who believe that the words that we use to describe people with disabilities matter will be interested to learn that the Social Security Administration is changing the way it refers to children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Instead of...