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Pushing Back to Correct Falsehoods About the Social Security Disability System

The Social Security Disability system (SSD) has become a prime target for lawmakers concerned with lowering government expenditures, and many media outlets have jumped on the bandwagon and begun to bash the disability system.  The TV show 60 Minutes is one of the latest major media outlets to run stories about problems with “fraud” and abuse of the SSD benefits program, and the recent 60 Minutes expose followed on the heels of a PBS This American Life documentary that made similar points about too many people receiving benefits. Read more…

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