Comments on: L.I.R.R. disability scandal

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:12:21 +0000

If the justice dept. was able to get these people , they would have gotten them in 2008 . Nothing happened then except for a pension mgr who got the charges reversed anyhow . These people work with lawyers and everything is within the limits of the law..just barely though . Can’t blame the FBI guys for getting mad at these loudmouths , but everything will quietly go away just like in 08….be talking to ya in 2014 I guess..

By: wacky

wacky — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:18:57 +0000

And some people think less “oversight” is what we need. Man has to be watched!!! They do wrong all the time. If not afraid of a higher power, then let them fear a something will catch them! Just because everyone does it, doesn’t make it OK. I think we need more media and journalist writing about these things.

By: Anonymous Attorney

Anonymous Attorney — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:06:11 +0000

asdfasdf is correct.

I would love to see some stats on how many SSDI recepients are getting benefits for dubious reasons. Does anyone know of a source on this?

Part of the problem is that the system assumes claims of disability or injury to be TRUE, and the word of all doctors to be HONEST. Who would lie about such a thing?

By: asdfasdf

asdfasdf — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:27:23 +0000

This kind of thing is the tip of the iceberg. Hundreds of billions of dollars are spent annually on factitious or dubious disability claims. Most SSDI payments, for example, are for drug addiction and similar psychological disorders of recent vintage, and that’s just one program.

At the same time, the few people with actual severe disabilities typically receive support inadequate for their medical needs.

By: PointOfLaw Forum

PointOfLaw Forum — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:00:06 +0000

Around the web, October 31…

DRI overcriminalization panel: Executives, “are now living ‘in fear of losing everything’ not for personal conduct but for what someone else may have done.” [BLT] LIRR disability mills generate indictments for what would have been a $1 billion frau…

By: Samsam von Virginia

Samsam von Virginia — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:50:29 +0000

So somebody thinks it’s reasonable that the average railroad has a disability rate of 33% ?!?! How does that work? Disability payments for paper cuts?

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:28:23 +0000

Going after the facilitators is all well and good. But will the illicit beneficiaries be stripped of their benefits? Not just the fake disability, but their entire retirement packages is what I’d hope to see.

Theirs was not only a fraud upon the retirement system, but society at large. That should lead to exemplary punishment, IMO.

By: Smart Dude

Smart Dude — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:03:12 +0000

Close to 100% of the retirees did this, beginning with the indicted Union President, who seemed to have set the whole thing up, then worked as a facilitator, charging $1000 per head for all other retirees.

Time to privatize the LIRR.