The Nation - News from June 4, 1985
Health and Human Services Secretary Margaret M. Heckler, in a policy switch, announced that the Social Security Administration is backing off its controversial policy of refusing to honor some federal appeals court rulings. Heckler said that the agency in general will apply appeals court rulings to all similar cases of persons residing within that circuit court’s jurisdiction. For nearly 20 years, Social Security has taken the position that it had a right to “non-acquiesce” in certain decisions it disagreed with.
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