disability benefits epidemic in America?

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I don't know how you can say that I am happy to see that everyone gets benefits. When I was employed by social security I believed, and still do, that the vast majority of people approved for disability at the hearing level and beyond are not severely disabled - many might be unemployable but not disabled. Unemployability is not to my mind a reason to award disability benefits. I find it very hard to believe that those 40% to 60% of people who go to a hearing who are approved were wrongly denied benefits at the initial or reconsideration levels. I don't know what I could possible have said to have given you any other impression. Usually I cite social security's laws and regulations or what I know takes place - doesn't mean that I agree with them. Maybe if you pay better attention to my answers you'll realize that I am merely advising people of their rights and how to go about filing, appealing, etc. That does NOT mean that I think they will be approved or that I think that they should be.

Still you and everyone needs to put this into proper perspective. There are 310 million Americans. Approximately 10% receive disability benefits. That includes both the SSI and social security disability programs - and keep in mind that some people with low social security benefits receive from both programs so it is possible that the total # of disabled people is under 10% of the population. The disability program isn't breaking the bank.

And while the number of people filing for disability has risen dramatically there hasn't been a corresponding increase in their approval rates. When I retired 15 years ago it took an average of 9 months in Michigan to hold a hearing from the date the request for a hearing was held; it now takes 2 years. What that tells me is that a whole lot of claims are being denied. Of course the alj's hear more than disability cases but still, the % of claims being approved hasn't increased along with the volume.

The vast majority of social security business is social security retirement and survivor claims. Over 90% of social security benefits which are paid out go to these two categories. While disability claims and issues are time-consumers the social security employees spend the vast majority of their time processing other workloads....Show more

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