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Originally Posted by bernclay2
Hi Everyone.
This news story about how disability claims get processed is interesting. It explains that the Government policy is to deny most claims with the idea that if the claim is legitimate, the person filing the claim will be willing to go through the difficult appeals process. Most of us in the system already know this. But it is interesting to see the Government lay it out, and clearly state that they systematically put legitimate claimants through hell as part of their process. Just thought some of you may want to see it.
Bernclay-  |
Here's my issue with the above, the government has not "clearly stated that they systematically put legitamate claimants through hell as part of their process" in this article.
The Social Security Commisioner states in the article:
"The most important thing we can do to improve the disability process is to make the right decision as soon as possible," Astrue said at a recent congressional hearing. "Certainly, I'm not happy with the accuracy of the system, even though it is getting better."
If only Sookie Stackhouse was available as an ALJ.
I've already written about how I feel about the SS process in the SS forum, so I'm not going to do so again here.