What is the Social Security Fast-Track program? This is how the program works. For persons under age 65 who are unable to work, the Social Security Administration has a special program. The program initially specified 50 diseases for which a person could apply and receive disability benefits. It has been expanded to include 38 more diseases, including Alzheimer's.
The original paper work, a five-step application, took upwards of 440 days to complete. The program called "Compassionate Allowances" speeds up the paper work bottleneck. Individuals who qualify can't work due to a medical condition expected to last at least one year or one that will result in death.
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