Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting & Keeping Your Benefits
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  • Keeping Your Social Security Benefits
  • Great book; up-to-date information
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  • Essential
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Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting & Keeping Your Benefits
David A. Morton
Manufacturer: NOLO
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1413304109

Book Description

Understand -- and benefit from -- the Social Security disability system

Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability is an essential book for anyone dealing with a long-term or permanent disability. Written both for first-time applicants and those who already receive Social Security disability, the book demystifies the program in plain English, thoroughly explaining:

-what Social Security disability is
-what benefits are available to disabled children
-how to prove a disability
-how age, education and work experience affect benefits
-whether or not one can work while receiving benefits
-how to appeal a denial of benefits
-how to respond to a Continuing Disability Review
-and much more

Plus: The included CD-ROM provides in-depth medical listings to help you determine what you qualify for. It covers breathing disabilities, heart disease, mental disorders, speech impairments, cancer, immune system disorders -- and much more.

The 3rd edition is completely updated with the latest rules, information and medical listings. User-friendly appendices translate bureaucratic terms, provide medical-vocational rules, and list Social Security benefit publications.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Keeping Your Social Security Benefits.......2007-06-08

This book gave you examples of the language you need to use. Pretty easy to read and I did find it helpful.

5 out of 5 stars Great book; up-to-date information.......2007-05-27

this is a must for those of us who deserve disability, but will have to fight for our rights. some of us have what's referred to as "invisible problems" such as chronic severe back problems, Fibromyalgia, MS, etc, and this book is really good. Certainly worth the price.

5 out of 5 stars Very Informative.......2007-01-10

This book gave a step by step process to apply for social security disability. It also answered every question that I had. This is a must read for anyone considering disability.

5 out of 5 stars Essential.......2007-01-06

I had this and just gave it to a friend to use for his SSI. This book is a must for anyone pursuing or already receiving SSI and/or SSDI. Cut through the crapo of Bureaucracy and get the facts.

5 out of 5 stars Good not Great.......2006-07-06

I would have given this book a five star rating, but it did not include two important SSA forms. The forms are sent to a claimant when his/her file is sent to the state office for development. These two forms are SSA-3373-BK (Function Report- Adult) and SSA-3380-BK (Function Report-Adult-Third Party). The two forms have to do with your Activities of Daily living, and when received have a 10 day return time. The forms can be found on the net, but you have to know they exist.
Nolo's Guide To Social Security Disability: Getting and Keeping Your Benefits (Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability, 1st ed)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability
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  • A great reference book overall
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  • Get and keep your ssdi
Nolo's Guide To Social Security Disability: Getting and Keeping Your Benefits (Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability, 1st ed)
David A. Morton III , and Spencer Sherman
Manufacturer: NOLO PRESS
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ASIN: 0873375742

Book Description

Social Security disability is an enormous program, with hundreds of thousands of people participating each year. Consequently, it's easy for both participants and first-time applicants to get lost in the system's bureaucracy.

Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability is an essential book for anyone dealing with a long-term or permanent disability. Written both for first-time applicants and those who already receive Social Security disability, Dr. David Morton's book demystifies the program in plain English, thoroughly explaining:

* what Social Security disability is
* what benefits are available to disabled children
* how to prove a disability
* how age, education and work experience affect benefits
* whether or not one can work while receiving benefits
* how to appeal a denial of benefits
* how to respond to a Continuing Disability Review * and much more

Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability also provides in-depth information on various health problems, including:

* breathing disabilities
* heart disease
* mental disorders
* speech impairments
* cancer
* immune system disorders
* and much more

This comprehensive and compassionate book, packed with tear-out forms and a sample disability application, covers both Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income. User-friendly appendices translate bureaucratic terms, list medical-vocational rules, and provide a list of social-security benefit publications. Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability is an indispensable resource for anyone suffering from any disability.

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability.......2006-02-12

Not at all helpful if you are filling out an application for SSDI benefits. More than 3/4 of the book is on the appeal process and social security system jargon. You can tell it is written by a lawyer, its worthless.

5 out of 5 stars Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability by Iii MD et al........2005-05-23

This book is invaluable for anyone contemplating a disability claim or for anyone seeking to preserve benefits. The authors explain the elements of a claim; namely the severity of an impairment and its impact on the ability to function in a work environment or setting. The MINE claims are predefined by the law. These are "Medical Improvement Not Expected". i.e. a number of debilitating arthritic diseases or diseases of the musculo-skeletal system

The 20CFR 404 provides an impairment list of conditions. The basic question is whether or not you can do a prior job or another similar one. The criteria will consider factors including
exertion, posture, manipulation, vision, communication,
environment and symptomatology. Major joint disfunctions are
an important marker for disability, as well as, loss of spinal
motion. Obstructive breathing disorders may qualify for disability, as well as, inflammatory conditions and chronic
digestive conditions which interfere with work.

This book will prove invaluable if you are dealing with the
government on a claim. The details of the evaluation process
are set forth in an easy-to-read format. The volume is worth the
price if you intend to apply its contents dispassionately.

5 out of 5 stars A great reference book overall.......2004-03-11

This is an excellent book of the whole area of Social Security Disability benefits and how to fill the forms out completely, when to seek an attorney for appeals etc, and a rather extensive section on what the term disability means to Social Security and what diseases, conditions etc qualify and which do not. The only area lacking was disabled spousal Social Security Disability coverage, which a spouse under age 50 with no minor children must file for in the same way the working spouse who becomes disabled would have to do. I plan on donating my copy which I bought via Amazon.com to my local public library.

5 out of 5 stars MUST HAVE.......2003-07-10

Filing for Social Security Disability benefits is not easy. This guide explains EVERYTHING in easy to understand terms. I wish I had ordered it before the first denial. I am using this book while filing a reconsideration. The suggestions provided have really opened my eyes to the process. I highly recommend this book to people who want a little extra information on the SSA's thought process when going over your application.

5 out of 5 stars Get and keep your ssdi.......2002-07-15

Bought this book as part of prep for application for ssdi. (also bought how to get ssi and ssdi by mike davis and dis workbook for ss applicants by doug. smith). Each book explained a diff part of the ssdi process. This book told what each med diagnosis needed to establish to qualify for perm. disability. And it goes on to explain how to keep your ssdi once you get your award. I did win my case the first try using the info in the 3 books. Having them made all the diff in the world in understanding the ssdi process. Best $[money]. (all 3 books) I ever spent...
Social Security Benefits Handbook (Social Security Benefits Handbook, 2nd ed)
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Review of The Social Security Benefits Handbook
  • Good Reference on Basic Law and Procedures
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  • Boring
Social Security Benefits Handbook (Social Security Benefits Handbook, 2nd ed)
Stanley A. Tomkiel
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Book Description

For those looking for accessible assistance in using and understanding Social Security benefits, attorney and former Social Security claims representative Stanley Tomkiel cuts through some of the more complex issues and explains the benefits in a clear and concise manner.

Included in this new edition are changes in the disability benefits schedule, explanation of the criteria used for working after retirement and still being able to collect Social Security benefits and example situations for easy understanding of complex regulations.

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Review of The Social Security Benefits Handbook.......2003-01-09

I found this book not to be a good investment. It is an extraction of certain SSA publications, all available in user-friendly format at the official SSA website. The major drawback is that the tables of values for benefits and earnings limits stop at the year 2002. The edition I received in January, 2003 is the third edition dated May, 2002. While the content is current to 2002 and the SSA regulations may not have changed substantially, it is not helpful for referencing 2003 numbers and beyond.

5 out of 5 stars Good Reference on Basic Law and Procedures.......2000-12-19

Tomkiel has written a good reference for non-lawyers on the basics of Social Security law and how it is administered. It goes into some detail, so if you are looking for something light and breezy, it may be a bit much. But if you want to know what benefits are available, who is eligible for them, and how they are calculated, this book will fill the bill nicely.

4 out of 5 stars Try Common Cents.......1999-11-20

Very helpful if you are looking for a simple guide to benefits, but if you want more commentary on issues, books recommended by socialsecurity.org might be more informative.

5 out of 5 stars Inquiring Mind Need Some Answers.......1999-08-28

Yes i'm writing to get some info on how can i get ssi for my daughter,her father is deceased and has been since my daughter was 3 months old she's 11 now and her grandfater is also deceased,(all my info can be proved) is there a way i can find out how my daughter can get her grandfathers check cause he had no one to leave it to far as a wife or anyother living party.He did work. On the other hand her (natural father) had no employment long enough to get anything cause he died of natural causes.Please help if you can or give me some kind of direction cause i know it has to be some kind of way. Thank You.

2 out of 5 stars Boring.......1999-07-22

Sakes alive, I was bored out of my skull. I don't know what I was thinking when I bought this book. I only got through the first chapter or two before my brain started going numb. I'm just 40, so what do I care anyhow. Man, what a waste of $20. Save yourself the pain if you are a youngster like me, and wait and see what transpires over the next decade as the debacle over social security unfolds.
The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Social Security
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  • A comprehensive study in easy format
  • Beyond slanted, filled with inexcusable errors
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The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Social Security
Lita Epstein
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4 out of 5 stars A comprehensive study in easy format.......2007-04-16

This is a comprehensive study in easy format that allows anyone to navigate through somewhat boring materials in a more readible format. All the necessary phone numbers and websites are included here as well.

1 out of 5 stars Beyond slanted, filled with inexcusable errors.......2006-05-26

The decision here to give a one-star review is difficult because this volume contains some basic factual information possibly of use to some readers. The rating is nevertheless appropriate, however, because this volume contains so many inexcusable errors that even its factual information is called into question.

The biggest problems appear in the later chapters on the current Social Security debate. The problem is not the author's transparent bias against significant structural reform; she is entitled to her policy views. The problem is that the book misrepresents the essence of the Social Security debate in a way that will leave a reader badly misinformed. Worse, many of the assertions in this chapter are based on little more than partisan press releases, including many egregious errors that a modicum of diligence would have excluded from the book.

The basic issues in play in the Social Security debate are actually:
-- How much of the projected shortfalls should be resolved by additional revenues, and how much by constraining benefit growth.
-- The degree of progressivity there should be on both the benefit and the revenue sides.
-- Whether to continue with essentially a pay-as-you-go structure or whether to begin to incorporate advance funding.
-- Whether, if advance funding is incorporated, this should be accomplished through personally owned accounts or by collective government-owned savings and investment.

You would not understand the spectrum of serious policy issues from reading this book. Instead, the author describes the issue largely in terms of a false debate over "privatization."

The author's relentless emphasis on "privatization" is a clue to bias. "Privatization" is a word test-driven in political push polls, used to incite misunderstanding and fear. When people think of something being "privatized," they assume that it s being turned over to the private sector to run. But in reality, most advocates of Social Security personal accounts oppose privatizing the system. The federal Thrift Savings Plan personal account system, in which Members of Congress, Republican and Democrat alike, participate, is not considered to be "privatized." It is administered by the federal government and works very well.

In presenting the players in the debate, the author names three organizations as representing the "pro-privatization" group, including the 2001 Moynihan-Parsons Commission appointed by President Bush. But this Commission chose not to recommend privatization. Instead it followed the lead of the centrist group on the Clinton Administration's 1994-96 Advisory Council, in advocating publicly administered personal accounts.

Readers familiar with the Social Security debate would be forgiven for laughing out loud at the book's depiction of the AARP as the "fence straddler," the "middle of the road." AARP occupies a distant extreme in the Social Security debate, at one far one end of the spectrum on the revenue/benefit question, and also in their dogmatic opposition to personal accounts. AARP has run TV ads equating the introduction of accounts with the destruction of someone's home. This book quotes two AARP heads (Deets and Novelli) attacking the Moynihan-Parsons Commission simply for their having described the Social Security problem in the same language used by the Social Security Trustees, the General Accounting Office, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Concord Coalition. Thus AARP is not only at one end of the policy debate, but it has refused to accept the factual analysis employed by the non-partisan scoring agencies.

The actual spectrum of views on Social Security reaches from advocates on the right of true privatization (e.g., some within the Cato Institute), through the center, wherein reside most of the bipartisan proposals that would establish smaller, publicly administered personal accounts within the traditional Social Security system (e.g., the Moynihan-Parsons Commission, the National Commission on Retirement Policy, Kolbe-Stenholm, Simpson-Kerrey), and on the left, those who believe the program will be fine with only incremental reforms.

The author quotes exclusively in this chapter from this last group on the left. The sole quotes are from: Dean Baker, Alan Blinder, Horace Deets, Bill Novelli, Martha McSteen, Roger Hickey, and Dallas Salisbury. Only one of these (Salisbury) is even close to the political center, is also a long-standing opponent of personal accounts. Epstein conspicuously bypasses the chance to explain the issues by quoting non-partisan sources, such as: The Social Security Trustees, CBO, GAO, or any of the recent bipartisan commissions or think tanks (such as the Concord Coalition or the Urban Institute.) You would never know, reading this book, that every bipartisan legislative proposal in the last decade has included personal accounts, while eschewing actual privatization.

This is not, however, the worst of it. The author is reckless with the facts in several more inexcusable ways.

For example, she describes the Kolbe-Stenholm personal account proposal as reducing progressivity and working primarily to the benefit of high-income people. Kolbe-Stenholm may be the one plan that experts from left to right agree is among the most progressive yet proposed, far more progressive than current law. Under Kolbe-Stenholm, benefits in the traditional system would be increased for low-income workers, the system would be balanced by changes that add additional progressivity, and even the personal accounts would be funded via a progressive formula. The CBO report on Kolbe-Stenholm is but one of many that attest that it would vastly increase progressivity. There is no excuse for missing this given the quantity of publicly-available information about Kolbe-Stenholm.

In another place, the text glibly states that in Chile, personal accounts are controlled by five companies that make "22 percent profits. . . . now you know why the investment companies are quickly jumping on the bandwagon. . . there's big money to be made." This is wrong for a couple of reasons. Less seriously, investment companies have been very reticent to become directly involved in the US debate, largely because they know that this charge will be made. But far more seriously, the personal accounts that have been proposed would not be administered as in the Chilean system, but rather as in the federal Thrift Savings Plan, in which administrative expenses are handled by the federal government. Factcheck.org has published an expose of the baselessness of this attack. Papers by CBO, the Clinton Administration Treasury Department, and the Moynihan-Parsons Commission all clearly explain why it is wrong.

Epstein examines the substantive issues only long enough to parrot various "straw man" arguments against reform. One example is when she quotes Alan Blinder in favor of the reality of the Trust Fund: "Blood would run in the streets if Wall Street believed that Treasury bonds were worthless." But neither the advocates of reform, nor the non-partisan scoring agencies argue that "Treasury bonds are worthless." To the contrary, President Bush's Social Security Commission wrote in its interim report that "the bonds in the Trust Fund will be honored."

The risk-free nature of government bonds doesn't change the point that the federal government cannot meaningfully advance fund Social Security by issuing bonds to itself, nor that real additional revenue will be required when the program enters cash deficits in 2017, Trust Fund or no Trust Fund. You cannot advance fund a set of retirement obligations by opening up a line of credit for yourself -- even if, to outsiders, your credit is perfectly good. The fact that Treasury bonds are a safe investment instrument when held by those outside the government is peripheral to the real point. If the safety of Treasury bonds were the real issue, all that would be needed to extend Social Security solvency indefinitely would be to print more bonds, a ludicrous suggestion.

At points, the book descends to the silly and the petty, uncritically repeating charges that have their origin in political press releases. Many of these could have been seen as false with just a little homework. For example:

The author writes that the 2001 Moynihan-Parsons Commission did most of their work "behind closed doors." In reality, the Commission was governed by the FACA act, and was required by law to hold each of their meetings in public, which they did. Not only were their meetings public, but the documents circulated among the Commission between meetings were always available for public review. The Commission kept an open book at its headquarters throughout its proceedings. Reporters could come in any day to see and copy any documents sent by commission members or staff to the rest of the commission. The charge that the commission was doing its work "behind closed doors" arose in a politically-motivated letter to the commission, publicly released for the purpose of discrediting its work. It deserves no place here.

Perhaps an even sillier example lies in the book's allegation that "all three proprivatization groups" (including the Moynihan-Parsons Commission) "are closely tied to the Cato Institute." This charge was a staple of some partisan talking points in 2001, eventually becoming the subject of a hit piece in the New Republic entitled, "The Cato Commission." It was motivated by the fact that some scholars at Cato have advocated true privatization, thus the association was a handy means of sowing fears of the bipartisan reform efforts. The New Republic article alleged that the Commission's interim report language (about the existing Social Security problem) was surprisingly similar to a Cato Institute paper. A problem with this allegation, however, is that the Commission report was similar to virtually all non-partisan explanations of the Social Security problem, including those of the Trustees, CBO, GAO, and the Concord Coalition.

The real claim of a "tie," however, was based on the allegation that an inordinate member of the Commission members and staff had ties to Cato. This turned out to be false. Though there were three of the 16 Commission members who had served in an advisory capacity to the Cato Institute, the vast majority of the Commission and staff did not. Other Commission members included former Democratic Senator Patrick Moynihan, a former Commissioner of Social Security, a former member of the Clinton Administration's Advisory Council, and a member of that Advisory Council's Technical Panel. Of the more than twenty staff who served the commission, exactly two had ever worked with Cato, and one of those was a press secretary without a role in policy development.

For a book to inform about the issues facing Social Security, it should not rely on reckless political press releases for its sources, and check the reality behind the statements that it makes. As a result of these and other misrepresentations, by the end of this book, the reader is likely to have a more distorted picture of Social Security than that with which he/she started. Because of this, the book sadly deserves but a single star.

5 out of 5 stars An important resource.......2002-03-23

With all that is going on with Enron and my own concerns about retirement plans and social security this book is a must have. The author fills the book with valuable information and insights regarding not just the history of social security, but what it all means for me and my future. I recommend this for anyone planning for their retirement and anyone interesting in knowing what the future of social security means for them.
The AIDS Benefits Handbook: Everything you need to know to get Social Security, Welfare, Medicaid, Medicare, Food Stamps, Housing... (Yale Fastback Series)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Great book, but needs to be updated
The AIDS Benefits Handbook: Everything you need to know to get Social Security, Welfare, Medicaid, Medicare, Food Stamps, Housing... (Yale Fastback Series)
Thomas McCormack
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Everything You Need to Know to Get Social Security, Welfare, Medicaid, Medicare, Food Stamps, Housing, Drugs, and Other Benefits. Comprehensive, step-by-step guide to social welfare benefits for people with AIDS and ARC.

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4 out of 5 stars Great book, but needs to be updated.......1998-07-07

When I got hit with a disability, I very quickly fell from working class to poverty. I couldn't believe that there were no books out there that would help people make sense of our nation's inadequate social support system. I finally found this book.

It is a well-organized guide to an interlocking web of state, county and federal support systems available to people down on their luck. It necessarily generalizes since the systems differ by state. However, it is good at telling you what's out there, if you might qualify and where and how you can go about obtaining help.

My only suggestions would be to add a section on the "culture" of the social work bureaucracy. I was utterly unprepared for the attitude and unhelpfulness that I found there. Getting advice from someone familiar with the system would be very helpful.

As this book was published in 1990 and Clinton and Congress have ended "welfare as we know it", this book really needs an update. I hope the author and publisher will put out another version.
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    American Guidance For Seniors... And Their Caregivers: An Indispensable Guide to Social Security, Medicare and Other Vital Benefits, Services and Financial ... Guidance for Seniors and Their Caregivers)
    Ken Skala
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      David W O'Brien
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        Faustin F Jehle
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        Consumers Guide to Social Security Benefits Including Medicare
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          Consumers Guide to Social Security Benefits Including Medicare

          Manufacturer: Consumer Educ Research Center
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Paperback

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          ASIN: 0934873119
          Consumers Guide to Social Security Benefits: How to Get Everything You Are Entitled to Under the Latest Laws
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            Consumers Guide to Social Security Benefits: How to Get Everything You Are Entitled to Under the Latest Laws
            Robert L. Berko
            Manufacturer: Consumer Educ Research Center
            ProductGroup: Book
            Binding: Paperback

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            Labor & EmploymentLabor & Employment | Business | Law | Subjects | Books
            ASIN: 0934873046

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