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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 02:00 AM
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"culture of denial" "Failing The Disabled"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/15/cbsnews_investigates/main3718129.shtml#share

"Failing The Disabled"
Investigation: Disability Benefits System Harbors Culture Of Denying Help To Even The Most Unfit To Work
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independentpiney Donating Member (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 06:19 AM
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1. I was very fortunate, I got approved right away
and with only a 1 month lapse between state and federal benefits checks. Yet the woman in the story sounds no more able to work than me, and she was denied twice and put through all that hell? There's something very wrong with the system.
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 08:36 PM
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2. I am hoping that when I can't work anymore
My documentation and my support from my doctors is enough.

Is anyone else upset about the use of "Unfit" to work instead of "Unable" to work?
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cutlassmama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 05:46 PM
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3. Not surprised at all. I had 3 doctors say I was disabled and 5 feet of records
with 18 different things wrong, both mental and physical it still took me 2 years to get approved. For my son who is neurologically impaired it took 2 months. There is no rhyme or reason to it.
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