Terminally Ill Social Security Disability Claimants Will Receive Benefits Faster With Proposed Legislation

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Social security disability law now requires all claimants to wait 5 months after their disability to began collecting disability benefits.

A bill proposed by U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio) would remove the 5 month waiting period for terminally ill claimants.

The purpose of the 5 month waiting period, a standard back-to-work benchmark was meant to avoid paying benefits to those who don't have a long-term disability.

This logic does not apply to terminally ill claimants who will never be able to return to work.

The seven-member Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission which handled 169,392 disability claims in Ohio last year urged the Ohio Congressional delegation to support this legislation.

For more information on this subject, please refer to the section on Workers Compensation.

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