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Let’s Make Sure The COVID-19 Response Doesn’t Threaten Social Security

April 30, 2020

Written by Nancy Altman: The CARES Act was intended to provide emergency payments as quickly as possible. Yet over a month after the bill became law, those emergency payments are not yet all out the door.

Even for those who’ve received them, $1200 emergency payments for eligible adults and $500 emergency payments for each eligible dependent child are inadequate. They will help, but this one round of payments is not enough to alleviate the lost income and increased costs caused by a once-in-a-lifetime worldwide pandemic.

Despite the urgency of these payments, the Trump administration has put up one roadblock after another to their automatic receipt by the lowest income Social Security beneficiaries. Adding insult to injury, Trump has just announced that he is against more payments. What does he want instead? To destroy Social Security.

Sound hyperbolic? It’s not. Let’s start with the roadblocks and end with the continuous, though stealthy, effort to undermine Social Security.

Continue reading at: https://www.forbes.com

Disability Newsletter – Winter 2024

January 6, 2025
Justice Finally Prevails, After a Trip through The Looking Glass! In November of 2014 we filed a disability application for a 45-year-old disabled male veteran with 100% rating from the Veterans Administration. We told him he would not be automatically approved because he was receiving Veterans disability.

Doctor’s Letters

September 22, 2023
It is rather common for a client to come in with a letter from their health care provider. Frequently these people have filed their own applications for Social Security benefits and submitted this letter with their application. They are bewildered and crestfallen when they are turned down by the Social Security Administration. If they haven’t […] The post Doctor’s Letters appeared first on Dempsey, Dempsey & Hilts P.C..

Social Security Disability Expose in the Washington Post

July 26, 2023
The dismal performance of the Social Security Administration in processing and paying Social Security Disability and SSI claims continues to generate interest in the national media. Lisa Rein, a reporter for the Washington Post, has done a great series of articles about the SSA and has shed light on a system in chaos. She writes […] The post Social Security Disability Expose in the Washington Post appeared first on Dempsey, Dempsey & Hilts P.C..

Disability Newsletter – Winter 2023

March 6, 2023
We Got an Award! Dempsey, Dempsey and Hilts received an award from the group, Social Security Disability Leadership. We were recognized as one of the top 500 firms in the nation. In fact, according to the Social Security Administration, we are 305th in the nation for 2022 in number of Social Security Disability and SSI […] The post Disability Newsletter – Winter 2023 appeared first on Dempsey, Dempsey & Hilts P.C..

Disability Newsletter – Summer 2022

August 30, 2022
Social Security Hearings – Still on the Phone!  We are continuing to have Social Security Disability and SSI hearings on the speakerphone. Terrell and Vicki Dempsey attended the National Organization of Social Security Claimant Representatives conference in Austin, Texas in May. Dr. Kilolo Kijakazi, the Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, told the conference […] The post Disability Newsletter – Summer 2022 appeared first on Dempsey, Dempsey & Hilts P.C..

Disability Newsletter – Winter 2022

January 10, 2022
Good News on the Appellate Front – A significant change has occurred with a new administration. We are seeing a significant number of the U.S. Attorneys agreeing to remand cases we appeal to the U.S. Federal District Court!  The post Disability Newsletter – Winter 2022 appeared first on Dempsey, Dempsey & Hilts P.C..

Disability Newsletter – Summer 2021

August 23, 2021
The Social Security Administration is continuing to conduct our Social Security Disability and SSI hearings by phone. The administration has been offering to have online hearings through Microsoft Teams, however, the vast majority of our clients do not have sufficient access to computers or high-speed internet to use this option…  The post Disability Newsletter – Summer 2021 appeared first on Dempsey, Dempsey & Hilts P.C..

Disability Newsletter – Winter 2021

January 8, 2021
We are proud to announce that Courtney Hilts, Esquire is now a partner as you can see from the name at the top of this letter. Mrs. Hilts, formally Shelley, grew up in rural Colchester, Illinois. She is a 2007 graduate of West Prairie High School. She graduated from the University of Illinois, Springfield in May […] The post Disability Newsletter – Winter 2021 appeared first on Dempsey, Dempsey & Hilts P.C..

Disability Newsletter – Summer 2020

July 27, 2020
Covid! Covid! Covid! Just like everyone else in the United States, the Social Security Administration and our office is struggling to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic. The Social Security Administration sent everyone home. We kept our offices open with facemask/social distancing requirements. Thankfully, none of us have been infected by the virus. Like most of our friends […] The post Disability Newsletter – Summer 2020 appeared first on Dempsey, Dempsey & Hilts P.C..

What the HEROES Act Could Mean for Bankruptcy

May 20, 2020
The following is an update from the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys: As a majority continue to follow stay at home orders due to the COVID-19 crisis, NACBA’s Legislative Committee with support from NACBA’s Board of Directors have been working nonstop with House and Senate staff to ensure significant bankruptcy provisions were included in […] The post What the HEROES Act Could Mean for Bankruptcy appeared first on Dempsey, Dempsey & Hilts P.C..
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