The Social Security Administration found itself facing heavy criticism from a powerful congressional committee last week following the publication of an independent report outlining major failures by the agency in its quest to develop a computer system designed to...

Let's say that after many years of work in a certain industry, you fall ill and you are unable to work. It is determined that your medical condition will never truly go away. You are disabled, and even though you can't do the work you did before and though your...

An adviser to the top European court recently stated that extreme obesity should count as a disability. The opinion is in relation to a 2010 case where a child caretaker was fired at least in part due to his obesity, the plaintiff claims. Although the context places...

As many St. Louis residents are well aware, there has been an ongoing argument about the Social Security program for many years now. Politicians have been warring over the program, with one side arguing that the program should be trimmed or cut back, while the other...

Qualifying for Social Security disability benefits is a very difficult goal to achieve. As pessimistic as that sounds, we certainly aren't advocating people living with serious disabilities that prevent them from working to just forgo their Social Security disability...

Over the past several weeks, scandal has rocked the Department of Veterans Affairs. First, the public learned that a single clinic run by the VA had covered up its scheduling procedures in such a way that hundreds of patients had been delayed access to necessary care....

Commentators, pundits and some politicians have shown public concern for the financial pressure that the Social Security disability trust fund has been facing in recent years. When stories make the media about the Social Security Administration, the media often...

Sometimes, a medication intended for one type of medical condition is able to help with a completely different condition. A recent study indicates that this may be the case for the drug suramin.This drug has been around for a long time. The drug is typically used as a...

In a surprising new study that doesn't really have an answer for the statement it makes, the National Center for Policy Analysis found that since 1970, the amount of women receiving Social Security disability payments has increased dramatically. As of 2012, 48 percent...

This may sound hyperbolic and surprising, but about 25 percent of today's 20-year-olds will suffer some sort of disability before they reach retirement age. As a result, they may be forced to take fewer shifts at work or to leave the workforce completely. That puts an...