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Social Security Struggles With Disability Backlog
Posted on Aug 31, 2009
When a person becomes disabled and can no longer work, they can turn to Social Security and ask for disability benefits. The problem for most people is that it can take over a year to go through the hearing process and get the benefits. Social Security Administration and Congress are working to reduce the backlog, however these efforts are being threatened by the poor economy. "The Social Security Administration has struggled with growing waiting lists of people seeking disability benefits. As the baby boom generation got older, more people got sick and disabled — and applied for benefits."
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