Monthly Archives: March 2021

Help apply for Social Security disability benefits

Social Security pays benefits to people with disabilities through two separate programs, Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Applying for either can be complicated and time-consuming, requiring detailed documentation of the applicant’s medical condition (and, in the case of SSI, the individual’s finances and living conditions). …

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Social Security Mental Illness and Disability Benefits

The Blue Book, Social Security’s manual for assessing disability claims, lists 11 types of what it calls “mental disorders” among the conditions that medically qualify adults to receive state disability insurance. Social Security (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI). It is important to note that not all are generally considered …

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What automatically qualifies you for disability benefits

This question doesn’t have a definitive answer, but the closest thing you’ll find is the Social Security Blue Book. This online compendium, also known as the Social Security Disability Assessment, lists the physical and mental health conditions that automatically qualify you as meeting the medical requirements for disability insurance. Social …

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Standard recognizes Daniel Steenerson with National Disability Insurance Leadership Award

PORTLAND, Oregon – (COMMERCIAL THREAD) –Standard insurance company (The Standard) presented Daniel C. Steenerson, CLU, ChFC, RHU, and his agency, Disability Insurance Services, Inc., with its Best National Disability Insurance Leadership Award for 2020. The award goes to the general agency that Most Selling Individual Disability Insurance For The Standard. …

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Which automatically qualifies you for disability benefits

This question doesn’t have a definitive answer, but the closest thing you’ll find is the Social Security Blue Book. This online compendium, also known as the Social Security Disability Assessment, lists physical and mental health conditions that automatically qualify you as being medically eligible for disability insurance. Social Security (SSDI) …

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Disability insurance trends in 2021

SALT LAKE CITY, March 18, 2021 / PRNewswire / – The COVID-19 pandemic has shed new light on the importance of disability insurance, a social benefit that often goes unnoticed. Jeff Brunken, a disability industry veteran and chairman of senior national insurance program manager MGIS, believes disability insurance will have …

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Backlash intensifies over ‘independent assessments’ of disability plan | National invalidity insurance scheme

The Morrison government is facing a growing backlash from the disability community over a plan to introduce “independent assessments” into the national disability insurance system by mid-year. Under the current process, applicants submit evidence from experts, including their specialists, and these reports are assessed by the National Invalidity Insurance Agency. …

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