Comments on: NPR report on Social Security Disability makes waves

By: Dumb ways to get caught in disability fraud - Overlawyered

Dumb ways to get caught in disability fraud - Overlawyered — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:00:08 +0000

[…] Lee Habeeb, NRO. Earlier on growth of federal Social Security Disability payments here and here. […]

By: April 17 roundup - Overlawyered

April 17 roundup - Overlawyered — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:30:08 +0000

[…] things, pay no attention to that report on the growth of the disability program [NADR.org, earlier] Ronald Reagan got rolled on the SSDI disability program, and we’re all paying the price […]

By: Welfare reform dies, as Social Security Disability program explodes | Liberty Unyielding

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:22:25 +0000

[…] reform is largely dead. Many people who used to be on welfare have since gone onto Social Security Disability. That benefits states by shifting their welfare costs to the federal […]

By: The Myth Of Welfare Reform

The Myth Of Welfare Reform — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:19:58 +0000

[…] reform is largely a myth. Many people who used to be on welfare have since gone onto Social Security Disability. That benefits states by shifting their welfare costs to the federal […]

By: mjs

mjs — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:49:28 +0000

When a left leaning media outlet like NPR is driven to muckraking, you know this issue on “faux” disability has reached epidemic proportions.

By: James Ingram

James Ingram — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:12:33 +0000

This is hardly new. When I worked for a state welfare system in the early ’70’s it had a dedicated team in every office working on converting (100% state funded) general assistance recipients to disability cases so they would be picked up by the new (100% federally funded) SSI system when it went into effect. The only difference seems to be that those workers were state employees, not private contractors.