Americans' Wait for Social Security Disability Benefit Claim Hearings Inexcusably Long
Posted on:7/21/2009
Written By: Chris Robideaux
| Mainstream media is even weighing in on the fact that America's wait for quality long term health care and disability benefits is inexcusable. Katie Couric's CBS News special report on the snails' pace of even getting a Social Security Disability claims hearing pointed out the problem in 2008, but the problem remains. |
Mainstream media is even weighing in on the fact that America's wait for quality long term health care and disability benefits is inexcusable. Katie Couric's CBS News special report on the snails' pace of even getting a Social Security Disability claims hearing pointed out the problem in 2008, but the problem remains. Many, if not most Americans are stuck on waiting lists to see claims representatives, with wait times for hearings in some states exceeding 2 years. 2 1/2 years in Georgia. 18 months in the New York metro area. There are 1.4 million pending cases (as of last year), with 154,841 of those being veterans who need serious and regular care. While Katie's all-too-relevant story has died down, more Americans than ever need Social Security disability benefits, and are getting the old, cold shoulder of bureaucracy, and a system which seems to be grinding to a halt. The wait for just a mere hearing is far too, unacceptably long, and Americans should be making noise that they deserve the care they were promised, and should have, when times get tough.