I agree that there is fraud. But are you suggesting that more than 50% of SSDI recipients are able-bodied and can work? I know several men who worked in the trades and their bodies just quit on them. SSDI is for people like this.
” But are you suggesting that more than 50% of SSDI recipients are able-bodied and can work? “
Don’t know that for sure - but I know this for sure: the ‘categories’ that qualify for disability and the threshold for disability are radically different for the 1991 rules than they are for the 1996 rules. I guess people just started working hard after 1996?
Not hardly.
There are many drug addicts on SSI disability and they know how to work the system. I observed that some did meth and then went in for assistance because of losing a job...or they never had one...then submitted to a psyche evaluation and got a mental diagnosis (not hard to get when doing meth) in order to get government benefits without working. These people did not disclose that they did meth and other drugs. SSI disability was approved due to the mental diagnosis. They got a government check, food stamps, etc. Next they started to procreate and continued to do meth. The babies born would sometimes die, sometimes be removed by the state. If the babies would be removed by the state, the parents would ask for more assistance and get it. In addition to the above they might now get diapers, more $$ and food stamps because of the children. They also got vouchers for taxis to go to their appointments to be considered for more benefits. They never admitted to meth use. No blood work was done to confirm it. The state would typically spend 2 years trying to get them to clean up and reunite them with their children. In the end, the children were either very fortunate and were able to be adopted out of the family or were reunited with the parents and were very screwed up.
Absolutely he is correct. I know of two drunks first hand who could EASILY work customer service from a desk making 13-15+ an hour but settle for what equates to 7 bucks an hour and pool their “resources” so the can spend the days drinking and smoking on the porch (one had THREE knee replacements but failed to finish physical rehab, the other literally because they simply get shit faced every day, all day). In Western PA, SSDI is the holy grail; men and women who are fully capable of work convince themselves they are “owed” something by society now. In the case of the jerk who wouldn’t finish his physical rehab; he worked for 15 years; has been on SSDI for 21. He is a DRAIN on the system.
50% is a reasonably assumptive starting point.
I’ve been legally disabled- or fit the legal definition of disabled -since 1997 but I refuse to go through the 2 year legal process to get it.
Now, the mentally disturbed, the emotionally disturbed, the short (yep) the fat & the grossly obese all all qualified.
The number of “emotional” conditions that are presumptively qualified is shocking.
Its not what it once was. A glance at the people with blue tags on their mirrors or scooting around Walmart on electric carts will clue anyone in.
Not only is that a good suggestion, but if there was an actual investigation it would probably be a lot more than 50%. So many people who have no business being on disability are draining the program faster than anyone thought possible.
Easy fix to Social Security, investigate every single person getting it for eligibility. There would be more than enough money for the people who really need it.
Govt paid disability is evil. Period.
It is not FedGovs purpose to care or provide for you. Period.
IF you allow it to begin, INEVITABILITY, you get to todays condition and worse. (Worse is still coming.)
Just say no to evil governance.