BREAKING: Social Security Fast-Tracks Payments for These 13 Critical Conditions

The Social Security Administration just slashed red tape for Americans battling severe illnesses—while Wall Street hedge funds still take 2-and-20 for underperforming the S&P.

Here's who qualifies for expedited benefits:

The grim list that gets you to the front of the line

13 diagnoses now trigger priority processing, from aggressive cancers to neurodegenerative time bombs. No more 18-month waits—approved cases get paid within weeks.

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Bureaucrats bypass normal review queues for these conditions. Docs hate the paperwork, but at least someone's optimizing transaction speed in government.

One silver lining in America's broken safety net—assuming you survive the application process.

Key Takeaways

• The Social Security Administration announced on Monday that it will expedite the benefits process for individuals with 13 health conditions that are not yet covered by the agency's Compassionate Allowance (CAL) list.
• Since 2008, over 1 million people with severe disabilities have been approved through this process.
• In order to be eligible for CAL, an individual’s disability must make them unable to work, is expected to last at least 12 months and will result in death.

The Social Security Administration announced on Monday that it will accelerate the benefit application process for people suffering from 13 health conditions.

The conditions have been added to the agency’s Compassionate Allowance (CAL) list. The initiative is intended to expedite the process of obtaining disability Social Security benefits for individuals with the most serious afflictions.

The newly added conditions are:

• Au-Kline Syndrome
• Bilateral Anophthalmia
• Carey-Fineman-Ziter Syndrome
• Harlequin Ichthyosis – Child
• Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
• LMNA-related Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
• Progressive Muscular Atrophy
• Pulmonary Amyloidosis – AL Type
• Rasmussen Encephalitis
• Thymic Carcinoma
• Turnpenny-Fry Syndrome
• WHO Grade III Meningiomas
• Zhu-Tokita-Takenouchi-Kim Syndrome

The CAL list now includes 300 conditions, including cancers, early onset Alzheimer's disease, and ALS. Over 1 million people with severe disabilities have been approved through this process since the CAL initiative began in 2008, according to an agency press release.

“By adding these 13 conditions to the Compassionate Allowances list, we are helping more people with devastating diagnoses to quickly receive the support they need,” said SSA Commissioner Frank Frank J. Bisignano in the release. 

“This is part of our broader commitment to making the disability determination process as responsive and compassionate as possible.”

It typically takes three to five monthsfor the SSA to make a disability benefits decision once paperwork is submitted, according to the agency. The CAL initiative acts as a fast-track to those benefits for individuals who need them most.

In order to be eligible for CAL, an individual’s disability must make them unable to work, is expected to last at least 12 months and will result in death.

Social Security must obtain medical records from those applying for disability benefits in order to make an accurate determination. SSA can accept electronic medical records through the Health IT program to speed up the claims process.