and don’t forget…they get an extra amount of money for every child they have at home and get complete medical coverage…a woman in my community who drives all over, when she has a doctor’s appointment which is 50 miles round trip, has a govt. person, who lives 100 miles away, drive to our community to pick her up, drive to the doctor’s, go out to lunch (I don’t know if tax payers pay for that) then bring her home…these people absolutely believe they are entitled to all of this….oh, and if they are turned down at the beginning, when they are finally approved they get a retroactive amount of money going back to when they first applied…if they use an attorney or an advocate, he gets a percentage of it…

Sam: The system is being defrauded by recipients who often claim to have ailments that are both chronic and nearly impossible for healthcare professionals to refute.

This makes no sense. There is clearly a logical inconsistency with the above statement.

If recipients claim to have ailments that are both chronic and nearly impossible for healthcare professionals to refute, how then can the claims be considered fraudulent; and by what argument/evidence is the conclusion reached, that an act of fraud has been committed?

By the same logic, and with consideration that a claim can only be allowed through medical confirmation, (the way its supposed to work) if then the claim is allowed in the absence of medical confirmation, is the SSDI not in essence the one committing fraud?

Of course, they’re going broke. If they willy nilly approve claims without medical evidence/confirmation, what else can they expect; Profits?

There will always be more scammers than the number of people assigned to catch them. Unfortunately, the good guys are totally overwhelmed by sheer numbers!!!

I don’t know about others but I loved my job and had all intentions of working until I was at least 62 (and maybe until 65) years old. However, I ruptured the discs in my lower back at work with about 5 years to go for regular retirement and social security. And, to be truthful, I would much rather have retired in good health than to draw disability with a wrecked back and the associated pain. That said, I know people will find a way to take advantage and scam in just about any situation you can imagine and that will never change as long as you have humans on this planet. I can’t think of anything in this world that people won’t find a way of getting something for nothing. The best we can do is try to minimize the impact and keep the number of scammers to a minimum.

The goverment gives money away to welfare people, who are healthy and never worked a day in their live and only breeding children for money.

Meanwhile people like a veteran in my family who was wounded in the war has shrapnels in his body,has TBI, had a stroke, has amnesia and short memory loss had to fight for years and years to get dissability from VA and also was denied SSD for the first time he applied.

A lot of new people were in their 50s, had a job and lost it and was of the age where people didn’t want to hire them. So, instead of sitting out and waiting for them to reach 62, they just signed up for disability. That check is a lot bigger than the SS check. Don’t forget too, that people that haven’t worked a day in their life, are also getting it. No wonder it will be broke in no time.

“We have no government armed in power capable of contending with human
passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our Constitution was made
only for a religious and moral people. It is wholly inadequate for the
government of any other.” John Adams, 2nd President of the United States

I think I heard someone say that if you can’t find a job, go on disability. That still puts the on the public dole curtesy of the taxpayers.

“Evidence shows, however, that a growing number of people are opting for disabled to be their career of choice by defrauding the system.”

Please specify what evidence that you have. And where we can find it.

If you know, or anyone knows, of a person who is collecting SSDI and does not need it, or qualify for it, please turn that person into the Government.

The vast majority of people receiving SSDI do need it do, most definitely, need it. The process, for most people, is long and you see a lot of Doctors to verify that you are disabled. If you don’t have enough work credits to begin with, you do not qualify.

I agree with Momplayer. I didn’t choose to be disabled. I made far more money when I was working full time than I get from SSDI ($790 per month). If I could work again that would be great. But I can’t, and it took me a long time to accept that.

I am on disability NOT by choice.I make any of you out there a deal. Fix my back,neck, and knees from such sever arthritis that there are more days than not that I can’t walk’ I will be more than willing to go back to work. Pay me minium wage as I will then get a raise from my $1100.00 per month since I worked about 50 to 60 hours a week before. this desease started to take control of my life.I understand there are alot of people who scam the system,but please don’t lump us all in to one package as low life dead-beats. I’d be more than willing to go back to work. Anyone who is willing to take me up on my offer Please by all means reply to this!

that’s $1100 per month less $500 for government insurance …and yes, it takes three years because they automatically deny benefits the first time. ..seems to be a revolving door like the IRS has to scam the public with an insurance scam just to make it fun.

Gilly, you probably understand how our disability system works but not how the US system works. The US is based on the guarantee of same opportunity but not guaranteed results. The people receiving disability who are not actually unable to work, are killing our system. Once they go on disability they will never go back into the work force. You are correct that they would not make model employees but when the gov decided they will support them using other workers money, it destroys the desire to work. Giving people the support they want rather than the support they need, destroys the whole economy. People learn to support themselves when they have no other choice and would learn to be employable. Working not only provides money but also provides a sense of success, structure to your life, hopes and dreams for the future. Receiving disability destroys the belief that you will ever do anything better than leach of the rest of society.

I’m not sure how your system works but I’d like to suggest that these people are not the type of people you will want to be working as your employees as in my opinion they would be the types who would most likely try to avoid work, steal, scam you and or organise an accident to happen in your workplace and then sue your firm. I would want to get a copy of that database of people on disability to make sure none of my businesses would employ them if ever they where to look for work whilst on or off disability. So I’m suggesting they are doing most businesses a favour even though they are sending the scheme broke.

The reality is that no one really wants a job, what they really want is guaranteed source of income eithout having to physically work or exsert themselves too much. A good example are people whi trade on the stick markets which you could hardly call real work but more like gambling in the hope of getting easy money. Thats what everyone wants, but politicians like to use old words which falsly explain what most people really want and could explain in part why Mitt Romney lost.

WHEN I SAW THE TITLE OF THIS ARTICLE, THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT ABOUT IS THE LARGE NUMBER OF ATTORNEYS SEEN ON TELEVISION WHO CLAIM THEY CAN GET DISABILITY CHECKS FOR PEOPLE.

ACCORDING TO THEM, Social Security Administration WILL DENY AN APPLICANT THREE OR MORE TIMES; BUT, THESE ATTORNEYS CLAIM THEY CAN “CUT THROUGH THE RED TAPE” AND GET AN APPLICANT’S CLAIM APPROVED IMMEDIATELY.

THIS “ATTORNEY SCAM” NEEDS TO BE TACKLED, FIRST.