| Social Security problems have led to a horrendous | | | | Rick Warsinskey, past president of the association |
| backlog for those disabled people who are trying to | | | | representing Social Security's field managers said: |
| get disability pay. I have several friends who are really | | | | "There's going to be less money available to pay |
| disabled, but are having no success in dealing with | | | | people their Social Security. We're setting aside money |
| these administration problems. Some have hired | | | | for them ... it's going to be spent." |
| attorneys to assist in their efforts to get deserved | | | | Federal law requires Social Security to periodically |
| payments. | | | | evaluate the status of the 7.3 million people who draw |
| On the flip side, this agency's failure to catch up on its | | | | checks from its Disability Insurance Trust Fund and the |
| review of medical backlogs sends benefits to many | | | | 4 million disabled adults who are also paid |
| people who are no longer disabled. This Social Security | | | | Supplemental Security Income from the Treasury. |
| problem combined with those who cheat by keeping | | | | Yes the 1.7 million people in the U.S. who have not |
| quite about their medical problems; are potentially | | | | reported recovery from a disability, yet who cash their |
| costing up to eleven ($11) billion dollars annually. | | | | monthly check for a non-existing disability are cheating |
| The agency's failure to tackle those pending disability | | | | the government. |
| reviews allow tens of thousands of undeserving | | | | Ask yourself what you would do in these same |
| people to bleed government funds that should be going | | | | circumstances. It is a difficult question to honorably |
| to people who are really disabled and who have been | | | | answer, especially in this time of a financial upheaval. I |
| trying for months to get financial relief. | | | | wasn't proud of my initial answer. |