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Medical bills of children can be costly; benefits could help
Posted March 05, 2013

Nobody wants to see their children afflicted by a disease, illness or affliction that stands to hamper health, and it gets even worse when the medical bills start coming. ABC News reported that one family who had a child affected by Tourettes syndrome, in which their five year old daughter did not have control over muscle movement, said they were financially “milked” dry by medical bills. Families may be able to get some relief by applying for benefits through the Social Security Administration.

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Get Social Security benefits via video hearings
Posted February 26, 2013

Usually, claimants looking for Social Security disability benefits will have to appear in person in front of an administrative law judge. These hearings will be within 75 miles of the claimants house, according to the Social Security Administration, but there is now an option to appear at a Social Security hearing via video.

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Social Security Administration may drop ‘mental retardation’ term
Posted February 19, 2013

Anyone with a mental disability has a hard enough time in life, but there has been a stigma around the term “mental retardation,” still under use by the Social Security Administration today. Now, the administration is considering changing the phrase for those seeking disabilities seeking benefits to “intellectual disability.”

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VA trying to cut wait time for veterans benefits
Posted February 12, 2013

In an effort to get more veterans benefits out to former military personnel, the Department of Veterans Affairs is in the midst of a lengthy process to roll out the Veterans Benefits Management System. FCW said the Hartford, Connecticut branch is leading the way thus far, which switched over at the end of 2012. The paperless system is used in 18 VA offices but expected to be in all 56 of VA offices by the end of this year, according to The Washington Post.

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