National Senior Citizens Law Center E-Alert - Important Information for SSI and Social Security Recipients
National Senior Citizens Law Center E-Alert - Important Information for SSI and Social Security Recipients
National Senior Citizens Law Center
Los Angeles, CA | Oakland, CA | Washington, DC
December 9, 2009
NSCLC SSI/Social Security E-Alert for Senior and Disability Advocates and Social Services Providers
Important Information for SSI and Social Security Recipients
Breaking News:
Your help is needed!! Consumer handouts are attached (click here and here) explaining the Social Security Administration's plan to repay more than $500 million in benefits that were unlawfully withheld. It is VERY IMPORTANT that all potential beneficiaries of this settlement receive news of this important development. Please share this information with all your networks and with your senior and disabled client populations. We would appreciate it if you would disseminate this important information as broadly as you can to all listservs and distribution groups in which you participate.
The Social Security Administration has agreed to repay people whose benefits have been suspended or denied since January 1, 2007 based on the mere existence of an outstanding arrest warrant. Over 200,000 people whose benefits have been suspended or denied since January 1, 2000 are potentially eligible for retroactive benefits in varying amounts; approximately 80,000 are potentially eligible for full retroactive reinstatement of benefits totaling over $500 million. Please review the attached consumer handouts for more information. Spanish and other translations are in process. Check NSCLC's website shortly to obtain these.
Thank you for helping us to get the word out to affected individuals.
Learn more about the Martinez settlement at http://www.nsclc.org/areas/social-security-ssi/Martinez-Settlement.
Sign up at http://www.nsclc.org/join-or-donate-to-nsclc to receive updates on the Martinez settlement.
For more information, contact: Gerald McIntyre at -
[email protected]?subject=Martinez%20v.%20Astrue
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NSCLC is a member of the National Legal Resource Center, a collaborative effort developed by the Administration on Aging, US Department of Health and Human Services. NSCLC's partners are The Center for Elder Rights Advocacy, the Center for Social Gerontology, National Consumer Law Center, and the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging.
Katharine Hsiao
National Senior Citizens Law Center
1330 Broadway, Suite 525
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 663 1055
(510) 663 1051 (fax)
NSCLC is launching a new campaign, supported by The Atlantic Philanthropies, to use strategic litigation and administrative policy advocacy to protect low-income older adults' access to affordable health care. Join our network of advocates at http://www.nsclc.org/join-or-donate-to-nsclc to be part of this effort.