No matter where you are in your Social Security Disability filing, our team of experienced attorneys can help. If you have not filed yet and are considering it, come in and get a free evaluation of your case. We can help you to determine if you are eligible for benefits and even tell you how much to expect if approved. We can even determine if your family members are eligible for your social security benefits.

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If you have already filed and now are wondering what you do next, come in and talk to us, we can advise you how to proceed. We are able to find out the status of your claim and where it is in the consideration process and can look over your application and paperwork to determine if any mistakes were made. We will work hard to resolve the mistakes to keep your application from being denied.

What if I Filed and Was Denied?

If you filed your claim and it came back as denied, you are entitled to an appeal. Our Grand Rapids Social Security lawyers can assist during the reconsideration process by preparing your case for hearing and ensuring that any previous mistakes in your claim are resolved. We will guide you through the hearing process and ensure that you are properly prepared before entering the court room and presenting your case to a judge.

Our main goal is to get the benefits that our clients deserve and we understand the process can be tough to go it alone, that’s why we are here every step of the way!

Call our offices today for a free consultation with one of our Grand Rapids Social Security lawyers, there is never a risk and no obligation to use our services.

Medicare has illegally spent around $3 million on Viagra prescriptions for seniors in 2007 and 2008. Administrators say it was due to a computer software mistake.

Medicare illegally spent more than $3 million on impotence drugs like Viagra for the elderly and disabled, it emerged today.

Administrators blamed the payouts in 2007 and 2008 on a computer software blunder and vowed to try to recover the money for private insurers.

The spending breeched a 2005 ban on erectile dysfunction drugs under the government health programme.

In his report, George Reeb, acting deputy inspector general for audit services at the Department of Health, said Medicare ‘should not have covered these drugs.’

It paid out more than $3 million alone for Viagra tablets which had $1.9 billion sales in 2010, according to Bloomberg.

Medicare also paid an unknown amount for impotence drugs in 2009 and 2010, said the report.

The payouts  were a fraction of Medicare’s spending on drugs over the two-year period which came to $133 billion.

Medicare’s administrators told the… continue reading

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In Jersey, residents are being asked to report benefit thieves. Islanders have been given a hotline and online form to fill out if they know of people making fraudulent claims.

It wants people to inform the department of anyone who may be deliberately making false claims.

The department said these new measures will send out a clear message that benefit cheats will not be tolerated.

The social security minister said: “We are targeting high-risk groups so we can help them focus on making sure their claims are correct.

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Deputy Ian Gorst said: “If a claim does not accurately reflect a person’s circumstances it can often result in a build-up of over-payments, which will have to be paid back.”

Islanders are encouraged to call a free phone hotline (0800 735 1111) or use an online form to report benefit thieves.

The department said those who are discovered to be deliberately making false benefit claims could be faced with having to pay… continue reading

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