KETV in Omaha, Nebraska is running a story on the backlogs at Social Security. You can watch the TV story online. Here is a bit from the transcript of the story:
The bureaucratic red tape bogging down the Social Security system results at times in beneficiaries dying before they get their benefits, said an Omaha attorney. "A year ago, I had three people commit suicide. That just rips you up, said Tim Cuddigan, an attorney specializing in social security disability cases. He said the backlog is not because people are cheating the system. And it's not because they don't qualify for benefits. It's that Congress hasn't adequately funded Social Security for 15 of the past 16 years, Cuddigan said. ...
On Tuesday, the House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing on the performance of Social Security's appeals hearing offices.
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Here we go again--there is no "red tape"--there is no staff to process cases. simple problem, simple solution. It is beyiond hopeless at this point that so many people who should knpw don't get it.
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