HeartBrothers Foundation is Spreading the Word About Compassionate Allowances
People diagnosed with heart failure face a challenging health journey—and the last thing they should have to worry about is finances. Many heart failure patients rely on Social Security disability benefits to help cover living expenses while they can’t work to support themselves and their families.
That’s why it’s so important for people with heart failure to know about Social Security’s Compassionate Allowances initiative. It helps patients get the financial support they need quickly.
The nonprofit HeartBrothers Foundation is spreading the word about Social Security’s Compassionate Allowances initiative. At HeartBrothers, we serve thousands of heart failure patients and their families with financial and emotional support, including accommodations at our HeartBrothers House.
At a recent HeartBrothers symposium, a Social Security representative spoke about Compassionate Allowances. This initiative allows Social Security to quickly identify severe medical conditions and diseases that obviously meet their strict standards for disability benefits. Social Security can then expedite the review process and make a final decision for these claims.
People with conditions on the Compassionate Allowances list can receive a decision on their claim in weeks rather than months. There are currently 254 conditions on the list – including Heart Transplant Wait List 1A/1B and Heart Transplant Graft Failure.
More than 700,000 people have had their claims fast-tracked and approved through the Compassionate Allowances initiative – including about 11,000 with cardiac-related claims. You can learn more about this initiative and all the conditions it covers by visiting Social Security’s Compassionate Allowances page.
There is no separate application for claims involving conditions on the Compassionate Allowances list. When you apply for disability benefits, be sure to correctly spell the name of your qualifying condition(s) so that Social Security can expedite your case. To learn more about Social Security’s disability programs, visit their website.
You can learn more about the HeartBrothers Foundation at heartbrothers.org. Please share this information with your friends and family – and post it on social media.
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Editorial Note: An earlier version of this blog contained some statements about the Compassionate Allowances program that could be misconstrued. We have since made additional edits for clarification.