Reducing the Backlog for the disabled
New York Congressman, Joseph Crowley, questioned SSA about the need to eliminate the backlogs in the social security disability and SSI disability system. Crowley is one of a group of elected representatives who have special jurisdiction over matters relating to the social security administration (specifically, the House Ways and Means committee) and he seems to be focusing on elimination of the five month waiting period.
However, this really has very very very little to do with the backlog situation. Should the social security administration even have a five month waiting period, allowing them to effectively steal five months of the first benefits for every social security disability claim that has been approved? Of course not. There is no justification for it whatsoever.
However, the backlog situation has to do with congressional funding. Increase to the social security administration's budget so that they can properly man the system and the backlogs will come down. Fail to do this, and the problem will continue to get worse.
Why are they focusing on the five month waiting period? Because it has political weight to it at the moment, particularly when cast in the the light of claimants dying before they receive their disability benefits.
No doubt, the five month waiting period should go. And no family should be in the position of seeing a loved one die while their SSD or SSI claim is still being worked on. However, congress is simply using the current focus on the waiting period to hide the real problem in the social security administration: the budget is not large enough to replace workers who quit and retire and is certainly not large enough to staff the SSA workforce at the level it needs to be.
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However, this really has very very very little to do with the backlog situation. Should the social security administration even have a five month waiting period, allowing them to effectively steal five months of the first benefits for every social security disability claim that has been approved? Of course not. There is no justification for it whatsoever.
However, the backlog situation has to do with congressional funding. Increase to the social security administration's budget so that they can properly man the system and the backlogs will come down. Fail to do this, and the problem will continue to get worse.
Why are they focusing on the five month waiting period? Because it has political weight to it at the moment, particularly when cast in the the light of claimants dying before they receive their disability benefits.
No doubt, the five month waiting period should go. And no family should be in the position of seeing a loved one die while their SSD or SSI claim is still being worked on. However, congress is simply using the current focus on the waiting period to hide the real problem in the social security administration: the budget is not large enough to replace workers who quit and retire and is certainly not large enough to staff the SSA workforce at the level it needs to be.
Return to:
Additional Entries
Children's Disability and attention deficit Adhd
Disability benefit eligibility and Lyme Disease
Filing for Disability and Vision Loss Problems
Disability - Applying with Seizure disorder, epilepsy
Fibromyalgia disability benefits
Disability qualifications
Getting disability
Filing a claim for disability
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