We've been told that, after being rejected by the Social Security Administration for a disability claimant person, two-thirds of the claiman...
A lot of people all over America realize that this stimulus package, this money was--once it ran out, it was gone.
Let's assume it's just 10 million--that's a lot of people.
Simply put, there is no way to control our debt without getting serious about entitlement reform.
The number of workers per retiree has fallen from 42 to 1 in 1940 to about 3 to 1 today.
I think is a dangerous mismanagement of Federal funds.
I've known cases where people who have filed for disability claims and have been denied... and then they die before the appeal process.
Wouldn't this funding have been better spent on integrity work, such as, disability and Supplemental Security Income reviews?
The $350 million Recovery Act funding we used in fiscal year 2010 to handle claims was not included in our continuing resolution level.
I never heard that.
And how many--number-wise, what--how many cases are denied, then appealed nationwide, roughly, per year?
Has the Social Security Administration performed a cost-benefit analysis to examine the cost of hearing a case versus approving a case initi...
Eight-hundred thousand cases.
Absolutely. What recommendations, specifically, would you make to the Social Security Administration to attain its goal of improving service...
That's what I was saying.
That's very critical, though to someone that's been out of the workforce.
approximately 15,611,000 people received Social Security Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance.
Without fear of losing everything at once.
