Latest News on SSA’s Failure to Process SSI Appeal Requests

From the National Senior Citizens Law Center, here is a link to a new issue brief on problems stemming from the Social Security Administration’s lack of a fair and uniform system to input and track appeals by SSI recipients.   

As the good folks at NSCLC point out, “SSI recipients too often face roadblocks at reconsideration, the first stage of the appeal process…. SSA’s failure to process appeal requests can leave SSI recipients without the subsitence income they rely on to pay for food, housing, and medical care.”