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On the recordMarch 8, 2011
Has the Social Security Administration performed a cost-benefit analysis to examine the cost of hearing a case versus approving a case initially?
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama
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Senator Shelby questions the efficiency of the Social Security Administration's case approval process.

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