I worked in a Rehab and used to drive the druggies and alcy’s to their SSI appointments. It used to make me sick to see what was going on.
...and don't forget all their big buck$ meds. My kid is a pharmacist and said it would make you cry to see all the medicaid & AIDS drugs for $1. Most throw them in the garbage and the drugstore keeps calling them to refill. Truly sickening.
Also, I unfortunately have some relatives that have milked the disability wagon for life. 3 out of 4 siblings have "disability issues" in their 30-40's. Some of these clowns work under the table.
I worked as an SSI claims rep. right out of college for a year. Absolutely disgusted me to the point I quite and went back to grad school rather than promote that evil program.
Most of the applicants had “bad nerves” or a “bad back”. Nothing wrong other than a streak of lazy in 90% of the cases. If I could disqualify them on financial grounds I would, but once it went to the dept. of determinations it was all on the medicos then.
One thing you could count on, if a man or woman got it, within 6 months you could bet the house payment their significant other would be in there filing with the same ailment.
This was 20 yrs. ago and the full check was around $700 or $800 then, and they always wanted that “good medical card, cause it pays for everything!” that came along with SSI.
The tipping point for me was when the office manager came into the weekly staff meeting and informed us they were beginning an advertising campaign because we were not getting enough applicants for SSI.
Yep. I knew a guy who got Disability for drugs