If you have been disabled due to a workplace injury, you may find yourself looking to two government bureaucracies for disability benefits and wondering whether their rules conflict. The short answer is that North Carolina Workers’ Compensation and the U.S. Social Security Disability (SSD) programs can provide benefits for you….
Social Security has received some bad press recently with many calling Social Security the “new welfare.” Many argue that the system supports those who could work, but choose not to. The myths being perpetrated by the opponents of the Social Security system are unfounded and this unfair characterization simply adds…
Does the word ‘disability’ conjure up an image in your mind? For me, it’s the image of John. John is a beneficiary I met while touring one of our field offices several years ago. His story is familiar — a man working hard to support his family — until he…
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is one of the largest federal programs providing assistance to people with disabilities and is one of a handful of federal programs funded by employer and employee contributions to the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA). Recently, it has become apparent that current spending for federal…
