US federal insurance program for income to disabled workers
By design, expansion ignores assets, allowing even the wealthiest individuals to qualify so long as their reported income is low enough. Meanwhile, the vulnerable groups that Medicaid was designed to…
The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), a nonprofit law firm “dedicated to election integrity,” sent a letter to the North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) on August 4 that…
“Economic growth, while necessary, is insufficient to address many of the challenges of our 21st-century economy,” Abby McCloskey writes in National Affairs. She offers some policy suggestions to improve connections…
Thomas Donlan of Barron’s examines the latest long-term projections for Social Security and Medicare and finds the information troubling. The trustees of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds reported…
Matthew Philips documents for Bloomberg Businessweek the poor long-term outlook for Social Security’s disability benefits. An audit by the Office of the Inspector General released on June 4 estimates that…
Elizabeth Harrington details for the Washington Free Beacon new information involving Social Security disability benefits. The Social Security Administration (SSA) paid individuals acting as representatives for disabled beneficiaries nearly $50…
Jason Russell reports for the Washington Examiner on Social Security reform ideas from a conservative alternative to the AARP. With Social Security’s Disability Insurance Trust Fund projected to run out…
From Reuters: A massive ongoing investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance’s office had, in January, led to disability fraud charges against 106 suspects – 80 of them retired New…
From CBS News: Scores of retired New York City police officers, firefighters and prison guards were charged Tuesday with faking psychiatric problems to get federal disability benefits – with some…
Historically, changes in law can affect certain career fields. Obamacare and the medical community is the most recent and most applicable to today’s changing environment, but Obamacare isn’t the first…
The Washington Examiner has analyzed federal survey data of disability recipients. Is this the “new normal” in America? * Returning to work is not a goal for 71 percent of the…
Harvard history professor Niall Ferguson shares with Newsweek readers his concerns about obstacles to social mobility in America. What has gone wrong? American liberals argue that widening inequality inevitably causes…