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Social Security Administration

Government A federal agency that administers social security and disability benefits. See Medicaid, Medicare.
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The Office of Hearings and Appeals administers the nationwide hearings and appeals program for the Social Security Administration. Administrative law judges, located in or traveling to major cities throughout the United States, hold hearings and issue decisions when a claimant or organization has appealed a determination affecting rights to benefits or participation in programs under the Social Security Act.
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Recommendation: To help SSA monitor progress and evaluate individual Plan initiatives' effect on the hearings-level backlog, inform its decisions about resource allocations for eliminating this backlog, and minimize adverse effects of the Plan's implementation, the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration should develop cost estimates for the initiatives SSA considers critical to eliminating the hearings-level backlog in addition to the time savings estimates already developed.
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