The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced a significant policy change on Monday, aimed at improving the process for determining disability benefits. For decades, the SSA has used outdated job titles such as 'nut sorter' and 'pneumatic tube operator' to deny disability claims. Under the leadership of Commissioner Martin O’Malley, the agency will now eliminate all but a handful of unskilled jobs from its long-outdated database. This move is expected to help more people qualify for disability benefits, addressing longstanding criticisms that the previous practice was unfair and inaccurate.
Social Security says it's improving a major practice called unfair by critics. Here's what to know. https://t.co/y4oeWzolv7
The Social Security Administration on Monday said it is making a major change that could help more people qualify for disability benefits. Here's what to know. https://t.co/J4LRTKPtgo
The Social Security Administration will eliminate all but a handful of unskilled jobs from a long-outdated database used to decide who gets benefits and who is denied, ending a practice that advocates have long decried as unfair and inaccurate. https://t.co/kgGw2baio1
For decades, Social Security has used obsolete job titles like 'nut sorter' and 'pneumatic tube operator' to deny disability claims. The agency is finally ending the practice. Via @ReinLWapo https://t.co/xkD0CjN3gg
For decades, @SocialSecurity has used obsolete job titles like 'nut sorter' and 'pneumatic tube operator' to deny disability claims. The agency is finally ending the practice under Commissioner Martin O’Malley Via @ReinLWapo https://t.co/xsbZoSxKM0
Social Security to jettison obsolete jobs used to deny disability benefits https://t.co/xdqUawDI0y