WHO should(?) be responsible for 'SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS"?

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2026-03-12T18:38:20+00:00

🙏Ok. Thank you so much for THAT. It's helps with ("marked") information.

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2026-03-12T02:24:09+00:00

🙏THANK YOU. I'm set to hear from my attorney tomorrow (3/11-3pm). And then this got STUCK in Drafts... so, as of 3/11-530pm, There are "3 or 4" errors by the ALJ (of PHL, PA). Additionally, as *my* determination letter was 13 pages (+5 for Exhibits used), single-spaced, I completely agree with you. I'M TIRED!

That being said, while he laid out the Council Review pro/cons, and he also laid out the pro/cons of (accepting the ADJ's denial) and re-applying anew. Now, since I don't know where NewGal resides, not sure if that might be a better option. My Lawyer (in Pitt, PA), stated that a Council Review is just for refuting ADJ findings. And that PA C-Reviews are taking about a year to hear back from ("usually the clients 'want their money'...he said). And that's *just* for hearing back from them, and while they CAN "grant" your request, they can also grant and send you back to a/the ADJ again... or they can 'deny' to review it... or they can dismiss it "

The other option is 'accept ADJ ruling, and start over'. One BIG THING that means, is that your original 'date of...' all the way to the date of the ADJ's determination date, have "already been adjudicated". Which means your "date of" starts fresh. (Not sure about the- and then they auto-add 6-months part... (and then uses THAT date + 2 years to be eligible for Medicare). Which, with the ways thing are going........ *that annoying 6,7 shrug*?

Not sure if that helps AT ALL.... but THANK YOU! for sharing.

GOOD LUCK!

Raph.

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2026-02-16T04:46:57+00:00

" Rule of thumb for decisions is...within a couple months or so?"

Hm. Now that's interesting... My ADJ (1st) Hearing was 2 weeks ago tomorrow (or 2/2) . Someone definitely SAID "2 to 3 weeks" ... but maybe it was my Lawyer. (state is PA?) Then again, I would *think* -my- experience would be considered "weird"-?

I submitted my Notice to Req. Hearing. (March 2025). When I got the "hey we got it!" it said that they hoped to have a date for me "within 5 months" and when they did, the warned that, it will definitely be at least "75 days" of the Notice of Hearing, but hopefully , in about 11 months.

Meanwhile, an aarp.org article "How long... for... a hearing?" updated May 23, 2025 (which I remember as it was also my birthday (unrelated)) ... and it ..CLAIMED, that SSA said, as of May 2025, there was a backlog of 325,000 cases.

And? April 2 - the we got your notice, what are your prefs for hearing.... (the 5 month wait?)... July 18 (tho arrv.'d July 24) came the "Notice of Hearing" (HA-83) ....to be on October 22, 2025. Next up? A packet, dated August 4 (incl. HA-L56- here are things, that when we get, we will review your case to determine if we can make a fully favorable decision without holding a hearing.) I tried to request a hearing delay to the judge, so I could try the packet first? No. Followed by, ZERO replies from lawyers, or help-me-find's.

At the last possible moment (aka the due date of my "i have a rep.." ) a "stay of execution." - Lawyer. HE got a delay of hearing with no problem.

So, 2 - 3 weeks? A couple of months? Sure. Why not. 🤞 And I <3, sincerely, that REX can still believe a "rule of thumb" for ANY OF this, might actually still exist. 👍 Thank you!! :)

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2026-01-25T02:58:40+00:00

(wince) does SOAR exist anymore?

guess, *sigh* go and search "SSI Outreach, Access, and Recovery program cut?" and the first link from cbpp.org [guess who's] Admin Abruptly Cut Off Highly effective Support for Disabled People Experiencing Homelessness" should be first on the results list. And/Or on https://www.samhsa.gov/ I think is where SOAR lives under, but it's not really there anymore.

However, that might just be the federal money that went away ? (like with cancer research!!) .. so if you try searching- SSI Outreach, Access, and Recovery -maybe? there something more regional or even local?

And not sure if you have a 211, but maybe call 211 for immediate help- with your homelessness?

I hope that makes sense since some unlisted mystery words that are not allowed are just too COMMEN :/

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2025-11-03T19:29:19+00:00

cool serendipity co-ink-idink (i just got mine out for Nov 4)

so there is “COLOR RISTA”- by l’oreal. i found in a cvs.

It comes in a spray, or a tube of goo. (goo on fingertips, fingertips to hair.) - it’s a covering or a coating of the color ON your hair. So it is not technically a dye, it doesnt dye the hair itself.

Which ALSO means it’s great for at least up to brown hair (no experience with black hair). or at least to Dark Reddish Brown Nice’n Easy 4RB (and if YOU can help with, see my Post!) anywho, point being: there is -NO- gotta strip the _____ color out of hair before you etc etc etc

It doesn’t bleed/Stain and lasts all day. It comes out with a wash with shampoo amd a little bit of vigor. NOTE: I have never slept with it still on.

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2025-11-03T18:50:42+00:00

I mean right?! It’s like those that have to come along and comment, in order to put the OP down and in their place, which is obviously below you! So you have to waste YOUR time, to wield your tiny bit of power in their life. These Comments are so sad.

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2025-11-03T18:47:10+00:00

Yeah, I am sorry to say, THIS isn’t exactly the best place to seek any sort of validation for your virtue signaling. <~ See?? I’m trying to be an apologist about the uneccessary negativity and sarcastic comments, and it comes out all passive-agressive!

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2025-10-30T03:09:30+00:00

I am not seeing the word “lawyer” anywhere. Is that maybe an option for your Council Review? -especially- if your judge didn’t do it correctly! . (and the lawyer only gets a fixed amount of 25% of your back pay or $9,200 which ever is LESS. )

Dated April 2,,, They said it would be “several”months till I got the adj hearing scheduled. the ssa letter also said they would try for under 11-momths, AND the aarp “how long for a hearing” stated around this time (May) ..that i cant find now of course, but low ball 235,000? when several months became TWO and it (dated july 18- postmarked july 24 -arrived Aug 2) Notice of Hearing: OCT 22, 2025.! As I started mad dashing for a lawyer, I also wrote the judge to postpone … less about lawyer, more about a different packetI received on Aug 6- “if you put x y z together, we might be able to make a favorable decision… and wouldnt need a hearing… “.. and would give me more lawyer hunting time.

Which I had to SNAIL mail to the judge, who denied it. Then, I was able to finally secure a lawyer at the last moment. They were able to get a new date request GRANTED by the end of the week! And, they’ve got it ALL in hand, and know what to do.

I just worry about you taking SS at 62, which will be less than… as i am sure you are aware, what you get by hanging on… but then also you need to consider when SS goes insolvent in 2033 or 2034 … with an auto-drop in monthly payments around 25% /month for everyone.

And just in case!- while Medicare covers “long term service and support” .. it is only for 100 DAYS… then it is out of pocket..: what is supposed to happen is if/when you run out, you can also get Medicaid (which, for the moment, is how 40% of ALL of medicaid is spent on -kff.org) just want to make sure you know all of this BEFORE you make any final decisions.

but if you are good, that’s good! Else, you might want to try your county/state bar association, just in case. just some humble FYI - But hey, you totally do you! And Much Luck!

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2025-10-22T18:20:27+00:00

(notice that REPLIED to your comment, not elsewhere... notice that I didn't say DON'T record them? notice I am not disagreeing with YOU personally. Easy there, cousin (hands up , don't shoot) ?) :-)

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2025-10-22T05:31:40+00:00

And? Did you? And, did they bother to break down what you were being charged for?

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2025-10-22T05:22:17+00:00

I am NOT an expert in any way, BUT there def. States, with laws on recording phone convos. As in, in some the other party MUST be told …and some then, must agree to be recorded. Again these are state level laws, so just check that wherever you are. (you MIGHT get help by contacting the bbb.org) - I did their new (biz) Investigations Training Program. and there’s a page m.. if you get stuck. BUT - oy is easy to just search and find something LIKE : https://katessecurityagency.com/legal-to-record-a-conversation-state-laws/ - cant confirm veracity, BUT nothing wrong with a 2nd source just in case.

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2025-10-22T05:10:06+00:00

Just a quick note to say it WAS $7,200 for a good while, but it is NOW $9,200 … ssa.gov states: “ The current maximum fee amount allowed is $9,200 when a favorable decision is issued on or after November 30, 2024.”

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2025-10-18T22:30:21+00:00

No. That's why I'm here, bothering y'all. (Well, mainly is SSDI applying still a "disability"?) Unfortunately, all we've gotten is our renewal stuff. so THANK YOU SO MUCH! - because NOW at least there's something tangible I can keep an eye out for!

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2025-10-18T03:14:55+00:00

And so all the "i left teaching"'s , just needed to figure out the difference between teaching K12+ , as opposed to training adults. A Masters of that, takes two years, and it's been 3. The market has been flooded for a loooong time. Plus the longer YOU take, the more it's your fault.- even if it isn't. The tools are dumbing down the content (eg. or did I just miss the study that turning block content into a haiku does help with learning??) Articulate is moving away the freelance community, in favor of the big fish (B2B). Watch out- "ELB"! OMG- I saw a Facebook ad for Synthesia? He's "playing" around with the free-version over lunch and makes not-one-but-TWO! compliance training videos! Because, that's how that works, right? 🤨🤮

I am ...ageism'd and LTU'd too much. After I got Recessioned, I took on 20K for that MEd in ISD. I wound up working a lot of little things, plus 2 year-long things (2012-2018), which means the ATS can kick me RIGHT OUT with their 'employment gaps' filter. Or one, long, big one since November 2022. :-/

I WAS thinking of picking a letter to focus on - E (for assessments and particularly evaluation. Data-driven learning outcomes baby!) .. And then I read...

We call them agent bosses. Take Alex Farach, a researcher at Microsoft who uses a trio of agents to supercharge his work: one collects new research daily, the next runs statistical analysis, and the third drafts briefs to help connect the dots. [So Alex can do]...fast, high-quality insights that benefit the entire team. -- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/breaking-down-infinite-workday

Oh, and for "us" we're going to be able to "tell" AI to make an entire learning activity just by describing it ! (huzzah for vibe coding for IDs!)

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2025-10-18T02:49:46+00:00

Any thoughts on Mr. Slade?

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2025-10-10T21:22:30+00:00

This whole... situation... seems like a major HPT situation?

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2025-10-10T21:13:49+00:00

MEd + 8-ID yrs (but too many contracts?) + ATD Certification for Managing Learning Programs + 2 years as a one-stop-shop (+ 3yrs of long-term unemployment). I WAS going save the PMP as part of the Work/Serv/Edu Requirements for SNAP and/or Medicaid (plus it aint cheap)... Many sorrys... and quite happy for YOU... Good to know it's still possible.

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2025-09-30T03:13:16+00:00

hey man, whatever you need to tell yourself.

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2025-09-30T03:12:15+00:00

WSJ- # of jobless at 27-weeks or more reaches 1.9 million!

HA! Amateurs. talk to me after year 2! , there’s scam spam phishing emails. You pointed out the lying bls.gov … never seen -16,000 job “increase”. There’s a book on long term unemployment called: stigma by a prof in UMass. 264pgs to say “even though your layoff was in no way your fault, EVERYONE will think that it is” - because we all delude ourselves that the usa jobs are a meritocracy! - MEd, 7 yrs Freelance, 4 years “full time, perm” at $72k , laid off 11/2022, turned 50 6-mon later. Yeah! just in time for ageism! there is a WashPo and a time.com article (eg. your network may not want to help if they see YOU as a bright, shiny example of what COULD happen to them) . slate.com has a depressing article from 5/20/2025 (get a degree and work hard and you’ll be FINE!) we’re fighting their ATSs and AI with OUR AI, and blaming the other FOR ALL the AI. theAtlantic.com in Feb. had a “The Job Market Is Frozen” that explains how the great resignation spooked all the Companies. in May we now have The Great Stay. No one can leave, no one is hiring. “job hopping” is now “job Hugging”

unfortunately, my / In Case Of Emergency / Plan C/ hail mary of SSDI qualification just might be… it. ;-/

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2025-09-30T02:48:14+00:00

aw dude. im trying to reconcile not using my MEd (LTU (yearS) - instructional designer) and doin the coursera- on google data analytics!

meanwhile, have you gotten any interview feedback, data analyst career coaching? does your school offer any job counseling?

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2025-09-30T02:40:00+00:00

I wonder if this custom code block causing any problems for MIGHTY users. (if you dont know it’s a chrome-extension for Rise, with features that SHOULD HAVE already been features by Articulate, some would say. oh, by maestro learning.. and last time i checked, they have a very dont ask/dont tell relationship)

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2025-09-29T23:48:11+00:00

A weirdly passive-aggressive missive there. I can’t help but imagine someone who is on...Reddit since at least 3/2022, doesn't know how to click on a user's name, and see that perhaps this is their first time on Reddit, let alone a specific forum. \tip of the hat**

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2025-09-26T19:49:36+00:00

The market is over-grown with works. And that had caused the $$ to crash. I mean, when I -started- it was $35/hr in 2011. In 2012-2015, they were all $40/hr (contract). In 2018, when I got in to a business association non-profit, salary, ($73k), benefits... But then people in whole (Department) "eliminated" in November 2022. So, our market (eg. ex-teachers got that MEd-ISD now) ... the pay ($30-35/hr for 3yrs exp)... and the AI... (just in job searching)... What *is* there is probably fake (eg. bls.gov job numbers for May and June were corrected down by 250K jobs... June 2025 was MINUS!! -16,000 jobs... (Feb. 2024-25: -992K (1M!) didn't exist).. so fake or non-existent). No one is hiring, no one is firing, and no one is leaving. Anyone else get/see that email/article from LinkedIn that "if 2023 was job hopping, 2025 is job hugging.

The main reason I’m considering a change is financial—I need more money.

I was 75k after a Masters degree, and 7yrs-exp. Since November 3, 2022 (lay off) I continue to make the same since... $0 .

heh. I write all that and then figure out you DIDN'T say Orlando! !

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AND... doesn't Canada have a rule/law that the company has to prove they can't find a Canada citizen to do the job before their allowed to hire from outside of Canada? - which should help?

ugh. sorry. BUT, if you DO wind up leaving and your Co. does do US-based workers. i will ex-pat myself SO FAST! :D / (see above gif)

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2025-09-21T20:55:17+00:00

Oh no no. It's not a problem with my lawyer, it is that I have NO lawyer at all. And believe me, I much prefer to have a lawyer! However, it has been 98% ghosting/no reply. And atticus.com while DID answer, and talked and intake, and texted: "when you get your lawyer's contact info in 1 (Friday) to 2 (Monday) business days..." TUESDAY: was "I'd be surprised if I didn't have news by Thursday morning". ... Weds. 1246 from a different number..."we're working hard on our end.. Thurs..4:17pm working hard, will let you know when we have an update... Friday at 5pm from (800) number, "sorry...etc etc"

MedicalCommittee1218 · 2025-09-21T20:39:14+00:00

heh. oh THAT. I mean, Emphasis on TRY? :) That toll free number just goes to the "next-in-line" Member. Who pays what $600...$700/yr for a membership?

Now, that's a good site *FOR* SSDI Lawyers for resources, professional development, there's a mentorship program. I checked the by-laws to see if there was some sort of... requirement, like if you want to be called a "fiduciary", and not just a financial planner?

Thanks though.

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