Republicans target Social Security disability

[Lunarfaggot]

Like Mrs. O’Leary’s cow, House Republicans kick-started a bigger fire than many imagined with an opening day rules change that revived Social Security as a hot issue for this Congress — and the 2016 presidential elections.
The GOP’s immediate target is Social Security’s sprawling disability insurance program, which has grown at a pace far beyond its revenues and will exhaust its trust fund reserves by December 2016, threatening a 19 percent cut in benefits.
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In the past, Congress has simply shifted revenues from Social Security’s larger retirement account to fill holes in the disability fund. But the new House rule throws up a roadblock by creating a point of order against any such bill that does not improve the “actuarial balance” of the combined funds.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/republicans-target-social-security-114382.html#ixzz3UMwZqT1H

 

[PayDay]

#842: http://forum.literotica.com/showpost.php?p=62459427&postcount=842

Proof that someone wants to crash the system:

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/ig-2b-disability-claims-approved-mistake

A small group of Social Security judges have improperly approved disability claims for nearly 25,000 people who didn't qualify, costing taxpayers $2 billion over the past seven years, government investigators conclude in a report being released Monday.

The price tag will grow by nearly $300 million next year because many of these people are still getting benefits, the report said.

Social Security's office of inspector general is scheduled to release a report on the judges Monday. The Associated Press obtained a copy Friday.

If this isn't a war for posterity then it's about destroying the United States of America from the inside out and top down.

 

[aqwertyuiop]

Lawyers have raked in more than $7.5 billion in fees from the federal Disability Insurance program since 2009, according to a Manhattan Institute report issued Friday. And that money has come directly out of the pockets of workers through the Social Security payroll tax.

The report, "Wheels of Fortune," finds that fees paid by the Social Security Administration to those representing disability applicants totaled $1.23 billion last year.

By October of this year, these fees had already topped $970 million.

The way the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program works is that, if a person secures legal representation while applying for benefits, and then qualifies for the program, the advocate gets a cut of the money.

The idea behind these payments — which are capped at $6,000 per enrollee — is to make sure that no one is denied disability benefits simply because they can't afford to navigate the system.

But as the Manhattan Institute report notes, lawyers have "found ways to exploit legal rules in disability statutes to their personal benefit." The paper highlights allegations of fraud, kickbacks and other schemes to get the maximum number of people on the disability rolls.

In addition, those who've been turned down twice by the program can appeal their denials to an administrative law judge, some of whom have a record of approving 90% or more of those appeals.

Not surprisingly, the amount of money lawyers collected in SSDI fees nearly tripled between 2001 and 2013.

At the same time, the number of workers on disability has been climbing at a rate far faster than people known to have disabilities.

Between 2002 and 2010, SSDI rolls shot up 48%, even though the number of actual working-age disabled climbed only 15%, according to Census Bureau data.

Almost half of the nearly 9 million workers collecting SSDI benefits had enrolled in the program in just the past five years.

Not surprisingly, SSDI's costs have exploded as well, with spending up 155% since 2000 — faster than other major entitlement programs. Social Security, for example, climbed 90% over those years; Medicare spending rose 153%; and Medicaid was up 125%, budget data show.

And at $140 billion, the federal government now spends more on disabled workers than it does on education, housing aid, and food stamps combined.

"Disability insurance has become more like permanent unemployment insurance or a general welfare program," notes Tad DeHaven of the Cato Institute.

To be sure, the extent to which aggressive fee-seeking attorneys are to blame for the sharp rise in the disability rolls isn't entirely clear.

But the promise of those fees, combined with looser eligibility rules and more generous disability benefits, has created the perfect entitlement storm.

Left unchecked, SSDI's trust fund will go bankrupt in 2016, forcing Congress to take some action to avoid a massive benefits cut. The disability boom also is draining funds from Medicare — since enrollees are eligible for that program after two years.

And it's dampening economic growth, because those who go on SSDI almost ever rejoin the workforce, thereby shrinking the available pool of labor.

 

[NeverEndingMe]

thanks to the drug addicts and alcoholism kenndey clan, the clintons and of course the obama - these assholes have turned millions of American's into government slaves.

I'm sure that we can kick 1 million people out of the welfare system that are qualified to work

welfare is not a right/career choice, get a fucking job

Like Mrs. O’Leary’s cow, House Republicans kick-started a bigger fire than many imagined with an opening day rules change that revived Social Security as a hot issue for this Congress — and the 2016 presidential elections.
The GOP’s immediate target is Social Security’s sprawling disability insurance program, which has grown at a pace far beyond its revenues and will exhaust its trust fund reserves by December 2016, threatening a 19 percent cut in benefits.
Story Continued Below
In the past, Congress has simply shifted revenues from Social Security’s larger retirement account to fill holes in the disability fund. But the new House rule throws up a roadblock by creating a point of order against any such bill that does not improve the “actuarial balance” of the combined funds.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/republicans-target-social-security-114382.html#ixzz3UMwZqT1H

 

[Sean]

according to a Manhattan Institute report issued Friday

Gosh, a Koch brothers funded "think tank" brings out a report saying disabled people being given help is bad. Colour me shocked.

 

[NeverEndingMe]

Gosh, a Koch brothers funded "think tank" brings out a report saying disabled people being given help is bad. Colour me shocked.

shouldn't you be smoking someone's crack, jackass?

 

[PayDay]

Gosh, a Koch brothers funded "think tank" brings out a report saying disabled people being given help is bad. Colour me shocked.

Learn to read.---^


NYT writer: Pedophilic attraction a ‘mental disability’ that should be protected in law
https://www*****sitenews.com/news/n...tal-disability-that-should-be-protected-in-la

Can You Get Disability Benefits for Chronic Alcoholism?
http://www.disabilitysecrets.com/re...lity-coverage/benefits-chronic-alhoholism.htm

SSR 13-2p: TITLES II AND XVI: EVALUATING CASES INVOLVING DRUG ADDICTION AND ALCOHOLISM (DAA)
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/OP_Home/rulings/di/01/SSR2013-02-di-01.html

 

[Sean]

Learn to read.---^


NYT writer: Pedophilic attraction a ‘mental disability’ that should be protected in law
https://www*****sitenews.com/news/n...tal-disability-that-should-be-protected-in-la

Can You Get Disability Benefits for Chronic Alcoholism?
http://www.disabilitysecrets.com/re...lity-coverage/benefits-chronic-alhoholism.htm

SSR 13-2p: TITLES II AND XVI: EVALUATING CASES INVOLVING DRUG ADDICTION AND ALCOHOLISM (DAA)
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/OP_Home/rulings/di/01/SSR2013-02-di-01.html

The first link is a journalist saying something should be, even though it isn't.

The second link specifically states "You can't get disability benefits for alcoholism alone, but you may be able to get disability benefits for alcohol-related medical conditions."

The third link says "a. Sections 223(d)(2)(C) and 1614(a)(3)(J) of the Social Security Act (Act) provide that a claimant “shall not be considered to be disabled * * * if alcoholism or drug addiction would * * * be a contributing factor material to the Commissioner's determination that the individual is disabled.” "

Maybe it's you that needs to learn to read, you fucking retard.

 

[PayDay]

The first link is a journalist saying something should be, even though it isn't.

The second link specifically states "You can't get disability benefits for alcoholism alone, but you may be able to get disability benefits for alcohol-related medical conditions."

The third link says "a. Sections 223(d)(2)(C) and 1614(a)(3)(J) of the Social Security Act (Act) provide that a claimant “shall not be considered to be disabled * * * if alcoholism or drug addiction would * * * be a contributing factor material to the Commissioner's determination that the individual is disabled.” "

Maybe it's you that needs to learn to read, you fucking retard.

"Didn't you get my e-mail...?"
"I skimmed it..."------------------------------^

 

[Mike_Yates]

Those retards should get jobs!

 

[RobDownSouth]

"Didn't you get my e-mail...?"
"I skimmed it..."------------------------------^

Take your beatdown like the man your daddy always wanted you to be....

....not the sissy your mama raised.

 

[PayDay]

Take your beatdown like the man your daddy always wanted you to be....

....not the sissy your mama raised.

What?

 

[NeverEndingMe]

Take your beatdown like the man your daddy always wanted you to be....

....not the sissy your mama raised.

I knew you were into men