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Category Archives: Income Network Alert
Income Network Alert: We Need to Let Sen. Nelson Know It’s Time to Update SSI
(06/12/2014) The Supplemental Security Income program needs updating because key elements are outdated and causing problems for Florida’s 770,000 seniors who depend on it for their income needs.
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Income Network Alert: Help Us Improve the SSI Post-Eligibility Appeal Process!
(06/06/2014) The Social Security Administration is looking at changes in the processing of SSI post-eligibility appeals to better meet due process standards. Registration for this event is now closed.
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Income Network Alert: New HuffPost blog: Income Inequality among America’s Seniors Means It’s Not Time to Cut the Safety Net
(06/06/2014) In a June 5, 2014 Huffington Post blog, NSCLC Executive Director Kevin Prindiville writes that we need to develop policies that both acknowledge that income inequality exists among older adults and reflect the economic reality that faces too many …
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Income Network Alert: NSCLC Joins Oregon Advocates to Stop Suspension of Social Security Payments
(4/15/2014) Thanks to a recent federal court order and the efforts of Disability Rights Oregon (DRO), Oregon Law Center (OLC) and the National Senior Citizens Law Center (NSCLC), access to vital Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits have …
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Tagged Social Security, SSI, Supplemental Security Income
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Income Network Alert: Aging Committee Hearing Focuses on Senior Poverty; SSI Fixes Urged
(3/7/2014) At a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing to spotlight senior poverty today, key witnesses advocated for updating the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program and other National Senior Citizens Law Center priorities.
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Income Network Alert: SSA Removes Hold On Some SSI Same Sex Couple Applications
(1/29/2014) In December, NSCLC learned that all Supplemental Security Income (SSI) applications from people in a same sex marriage had been placed on an indefinite hold following last summer’s Supreme Court decision in United States v. Windsor. Individual cases in …
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ISSUE BRIEF: SSA’s Failure to Process SSI Appeals Requests
January 2014 — An issue brief from the National Senior Citizens Law Center says that the Social Security Administration needs a uniform system in place to input and track appeals by Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients and to ensure that …
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With the Affordable Care Act in Place Is Pickle Amendment Still Important?
With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), some may wonder why they should continue to screen people for potential Pickle eligibility? The ACA improves access to affordable health coverage for millions of uninsured Americans, so one might assume …
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Why SSI Needs an Appeal Process that Works
September 2013 –An NSCLC issue brief, Why SSI Needs an Appeals Process that Works, provides an overview of how Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients are harmed when the Social Security Administration decides to stop or decrease their benefits, and they …
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Advocates Look to NSCLC for How DOMA Impacts Benefits Programs
In an August 20, 2013 webinar attended by some 500 advocates from across the country, The Demise of DOMA: The Impact on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid for Same Sex Couples, Directing Attorneys Gerald McIntyre and Georgia Burke explained what … Continue reading
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