Gun Control Debate Has Potentially Far Reaching Implications for Social Security Beneficiaries

Posted December 4, 2015 by Premier Disability Services, LLC® Over the past six months, a heated debate has raged on over President Barack Obama’s push to extend gun control laws to certain recipients of Social Security Disability benefits. The LA Times published an interesting article regarding this push on July 18, 2015. According to this article, the Obama Administration is, “seeking to bring the Social Security Administration in line with laws regulating who gets reported to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.” More specifically, there is believed to be a pocket of Social Security Disability beneficiaries who are unable to manage their affairs due to “marked subnormal intelligence, mental illness, incompetency, condition, or disease.” Since this group is not easy to immediately identify, the targeted group would be anyone who has a representative payee receive the benefits on his or her behalf. A representative payee is a person or organization appointed by the Social Security Administration for anyone who cannot manage or direct the management of his or her benefits.
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Staying the Course during the Long Disability Process

Posted November 20, 2015 by Premier Disability Services, LLC® At Premier, we recognize how hard it is for claimants to navigate the long cycle of applications, appeals, a hearing, and in some cases more appeals.  Unfortunately, this is the nature of applying for Social Security Disability benefits.  While some disabled individuals will receive their benefits after a short time, the fact is that most claimants filing for benefits have a longer battle ahead of them.
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Give To The Max Day Minnesota – November 12, 2015

Posted November 13, 2015 by Premier Disability Services, LLC®

Give to the Max day is a 24-hour online fundraising event.  All MN Nonprofits participate in the event.  Give MN then distributes your donation to the participant of your choice.  CAMP ODAYIN, a camp for children with heart disease was chosen to receive our donation on Give to the Max Day.  This year’s donation was inspired by an employee of Premier Disability Services, who suffers from heart disease.
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