Board members publish op-ed on the hiring of the Social Security’s Administrative Law Judges

Board chair Henry Aaron and Board member Lanhee Chen have published an opinion piece in the news journal Politico addressing the need to revamp the process of hiring Administrative Law Judges for the Social Security Administration in order to reduce the backlog of over 1 million people waiting for a hearing on their Social Security disability claims. This article represents the views of the two individual Board members and is not an official publication on behalf of the entire Board.

Backlog of Disability Claims