The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security will hold a hearing Tuesday morning to look at what is -- and isn't being done -- to reduce the incredibly backlog of Social Security disability cases. Testifying before the committee will be Judge Ronald Bernoski, an administrative law judge and president of the AALJ. The hearing begins at 10 a.m. in B-318 Rayburn House Office Building.
Currently the nation's Social Security disability insurance program is struggling under a severe case backlog. In some parts of the country, claimants can wait more than two years for a hearing. According to the Government Accountability Office, the backlog results primarily from increased applications, staffing shortages and management weaknesses.
The Association of Administrative Law Judges (AALJ) represents the 1,200 federal administrative law judges employed by the Social Security Administration.
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I've heard that they've reached an agreement on restructuring the process so that they are able to properly handle the cases that come to them.
ReplyDeleteI get the impression that they've had so much trouble managing cases that they're organizing things so that they can simply throw out cases. disabilityappeal.com has an article, among several other excellent articles, where they state that:
"Although the ALJ is required to be neutral and detached, fair and impartial, and the hearing is supposed to be non-adversarial, many of these judges fathom themselves advocates for their agency rather than finders of fact, and are predisposed to denying you benefits."
Hopefully with the restructuring the process will become more fair and balanced and people will get a fair shake in applying for benefits.
Here here g200 - my hope too is that the backlog can be reduced.
ReplyDeleteI think that with a reduced backlog we'll also see the first application denial rate go down as well. If this occurs, you can take that as a sign of past partiality.
Guess we'll have to see though. I know Rep. Pomeroy is on the case!
Thanks again for reading the blog.
Terry