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SS Disability Backload Still Clogs Government System

An article in the Baltimore Sun reveals the human side of the massive backlog of Social Security disability cases that is stunning to even the most jaded reader. Almost 2,000 individuals who were attempting to get disability payments from the SSDI program were dismissed because the claimants died while waiting. The claims process takes years - and efforts to trim the backlogs have themselves been backlogged.

Adding to the misery - when group (ERISA) and private disability insurance claimants file for benefits, they are often surprised when the long term disability insurance company deducts the amount that they anticipate being awarded by Social Security Disability Insurance. Kno... http://motor-insurance.ucoz.com/news/ss_disability/2013-05-27-2576