Wait times for Social Security benefit appeals leave people in limbo

Source: Wait times for Social Security benefit appeals leave people in limbo

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Downright depressing.

It takes a very long time to get a hearing if you are denied benefits at the first two levels. It takes another 16 to 18 months to get a hearing, and over one year to hear from the Appeals Council if you lose at the hearing. I do not understand how people do it.