The Trump administration is preparing a plan that will make it harder for older Americans to qualify for Social Security disability payments, part of an overhaul of the federal safety net for poor, ...

In today's competitive market, businesses can't afford anything short of a fully productive work force. When workers are out of work due to a disability, the corporate impact is significant. Direct ...

The “Ticket to Work” program is just one of the many work incentive provisions built into the Social Security disability programs. andresr / Getty Images Q: I am 57 years old and getting Social ...

The Social Security Administration is launching a yearslong effort to simplify and move online the application for Supplemental Security Income, a means-tested program for people with disabilities and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Christopher Tincher, who first applied for Social Security disability benefits in 2017, applied again this year and now receives ...

Fifty-one years ago, the U.S. government created one of the largest benefits programs to help people with disabilities. But an NPR investigation found its rules are so complex and so out of date that ...

Deep material hardship among older Americans during the Great Depression was the main catalyst for the creation of the Social Security program. Hardship, however, continued for many years despite the ...

The Social Security Administration has abandoned plans to block thousands of older Americans from qualifying for disability benefits after an uproar that reached senior officials in the Trump White ...