Lies and Truths About Waste and the Growth of Social Security Disability
In Myth #4 we focused on the rhetoric that Social Security disability claims were soaring, and sought to evaluate the sensational assertions using facts that are readily available, for anyone who cared to look anyway. Recently, this false claim regarding disability was put forth again for the sole purpose of making some hard to understand,…
Social Security Myth #4
DISABILITY CLAIMS ARE SOARING! If you were to turn on the nightly news you might come away with the impression that disability claims have soared in recent years. Perhaps everyone is onto the secret? Social Security Disability is a way to get compensation from the Federal Government for being unable to work because of…
Social Security Myth #3
“The vast majority of present recipients are on drugs but otherwise fine.” Is there a link between Social Security Benefits and Drug addiction? Some think so. To determine the truth about drugs and Social Security, it’s important that we don’t confuse a correlation with causation. Establishing Definitions It might be true that those seeking Social…
Social Security Myth #2
Social Security has a limited amount of funding for benefits and this is why their first step is to deny, initially, all claims. (See Social Security Myth #1) The truth is in the details… There are about 9 million people unable to work that collect disability because of illnesses or injuries, an extreme few…
Social Security Myth #1
“You have to apply three times and then you win” Did you know that you have to apply three times before you win a Social Security Disability claim? Well, that’s the rumor. This particular rumor is a common theme, or curse, in many discussions about claim denials. Though the idea is mostly false, it has enough…
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