October 2024

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced the 2025 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) that will affect millions of Americans will be a 2.5 percent increase in Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments. This adjustment is crucial for ensuring that beneficiaries can keep pace with inflation and manage rising living costs. At Disability Attorneys…

Currently, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is grappling with a significant challenge: an understaffed workforce struggling to manage an ever-growing backlog of Social Security Disability (SSD) claims. According to SSA data, Social Security’s workforce has shrunk from nearly 67,000 employees in 2010 to about 56,000 now – a 27-year low. This situation not only affects…