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While many beneficiaries of Social Security Disability benefits are well aware of the fact that obesity is considered a disabling disease, we simply had to wait for the rest of society to get on the same page. That happened this month when the American Medical Association announced that it would now officially recognize obesity as […]

As many of our readers are already aware, the number of people filing for disability benefits is on the rise. While this may be because the Social Security Administration has made efforts to streamline the process, making for faster approval on applications, some point to other factors that may be contributing to the rise in […]

Two reports on the state of Social Security trust funds were released this month. While one of the reports indicated that healthcare costs paid out by Medicare are down, the other report painted a very grim future for Social Security Disability unless Congress takes action soon. In the second report, trustees indicate that Social Security […]