From the
Fort Wayne Journal:
Anyone filing for Social Security disability benefits expects a wait.
Hoosiers appealing their cases in the Fort Wayne office have been waiting shorter amounts of time since the start of 2010, but an analysis by a Syracuse University research center suggests that might not be true much longer.
Data through September show the backlog nationally has risen 9.3 percent from what it was a year ago, the fifth straight quarter the number of cases has increased, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a Syracuse University organization that gathers, researches and distributes public data.
And what happened a year ago this month? Republicans gained control of the House of Representatives and more members in the Senate. An increase in the backlog may not have been a Republican goal but they are largely indifferent to it, blaming it on government inefficiency.
2 comments:
The backlog at ODAR is not the fault of the Republicans or Democrats in Congress.
and volume does not necessarily equal longer wait time. if (big if) ssa has increased staff and/or efficiencies, a larger backlog could mean more wait time, same, or even less. it just doesnt neatly fall in line that way.
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