Trying to hire and they are all "Drawing"

[Gale Hawkins]

johnrex62 your post was on target with my logic in these matters.

I have a great employee with an awesome experience that was unscrewing the oil plug out of B&S engines after the run up testing before they went to shippping because he had moved back home and had a family to feed.

You can bet a skilled person willing to work a factory line to feed his family impressed me helped land him the job.

 

[dmccarty]

According to the Wall Street Journal the number of claims for SS disability has gone up about 2.5 times since 2000. 50% of the claims are denied the first time. I do not remember the article mentioning resubmission success rates.

Later,
Dan

 

[bdeboer]

Just seen a advertisement on a Bowling Green, Ky TV station. The ad was a lawyer advertising that if you have been turned down for SS disability, just give her a call. She stated that she had a 95 % success rate in getting someone on disability that has been previously denied. This kinda crap just burns me up. It is like our gumment is driving down the road with the truck window rolled down and throwing out hundred dollar bills just for kix. Gee whiz, that is my money. Ken Sweet

I always wonder how the lawyers for these cases get paid. Do they get the check and then pay their client? Being a landlord, I know that paying for the roof over their head usually isn't a priority. Definitely lower priority than Bingo or Cigarettes. I can just about imagine what it would take to get them to make payments on a service after the fact.

 

[sweettractors]

I always wonder how the lawyers for these cases get paid. Do they get the check and then pay their client? Being a landlord, I know that paying for the roof over their head usually isn't a priority. Definitely lower priority than Bingo or Cigarettes. I can just about imagine what it would take to get them to make payments on a service after the fact.

The lawyer takes the case and strings it out for 1-2-3 years and when the case isfinally approved, the lawyer gets all the back pay from the time the initial claim was filed and the client starts getting monthly checks and usually a medical card as well. Everyone is happy, except the 50% of us that have to pay for this sham. Ken Sweet

 

[bdeboer]

The lawyer takes the case and strings it out for 1-2-3 years and when the case isfinally approved, the lawyer gets all the back pay from the time the initial claim was filed and the client starts getting monthly checks and usually a medical card as well. Everyone is happy, except the 50% of us that have to pay for this sham. Ken Sweet

So what you are saying is that there is a legal way for the back pay to be sent directly to the law firm.

 

[sweettractors]

So what you are saying is that there is a legal way for the back pay to be sent directly to the law firm.

The client signs the check and hands it to the lawyer or pays it out of his own pocket. Most of these lawyers will tell you that if I don't get you approved, you don't owe me a dime. Ken Sweet

 

[milkman]

The lawyer does not get the check, he is only allowed a percentage of the back pay. SS sends the lawyer that amount and the person he represented gets a check for the balance of the back pay. In the '70's, SS only paid up to a year retroactive, if the case took over a year to settle, they only paid back 12 months. Now they pay back pay to the date of disability so the longer it takes to settle, the bigger amount the lawyer gets, only up to the percent he is allowed.

 

[sweettractors]

The lawyer does not get the check, he is only allowed a percentage of the back pay. SS sends the lawyer that amount and the person he represented gets a check for the balance of the back pay. In the '70's, SS only paid up to a year retroactive, if the case took over a year to settle, they only paid back 12 months. Now they pay back pay to the date of disability so the longer it takes to settle, the bigger amount the lawyer gets, only up to the percent he is allowed.

I personally know of a case, just approved, that went on for 4 yrs and the lawyer got all the back pay money when approved. If not directly from the SS then from the client. Same thing, just shuffling paperwork. Ken Sweet

 

[chopped]

6000 dollars max now allowed by the govt. And the attorney cant get any other money except 'out of pocket' expenses. Thats the Law.Even the out of pocket expenses are up to the scrutiney of SS.
http://www.ssa.gov/pgm/disability.htm

 

[Jstpssng]

Here's another side of the SS question. I have a relative who worked hard all of his life, until he found out he needed a new kidney. Thinking his job as a welder was detrimental to his health he went back to school for 2 years and got a degree in computers... just as the .com went bust. He is on SS now because no health insurance will touch him; and without Medicaid (Medicare?) his meds would cost his entire month's paycheck.
It seems like there should be a happy medium which would allow him to work a decent job, and still be able to get some assistance.