If you suspect that someone is receiving social security benefits to which they are not entitled, you may report the suspected fraud to the Social Security Administration. While ALJs must be free to do their jobs without agency interference or reprisal, they are supposed to follow the rules, not make their own. If that is the case, then disability benefits should continue perpetually for everyone. Currently, there’s a gap of about $58 billion each year between Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes that are owed and the taxes that are paid.
Each working day dozens of Social Security claimants sue the Commissioner or Acting Commissioner of Social Security and they need to know whom they should list as the defendant. When I started this job, I had no idea just how large Social Security was or how many programs it was involved in. I didn’t realize just how far it …