Disability Delays

From RNews:

The Social Security Administration faces a record backlog of disability cases. More than 750,000 vulnerable Americans are waiting—some for years—for a hearing and growing more desperate each day.

"That was the only day I had taken off from work. The Friday before I went into the coma, “ says Linda Fullerton of Rochester. Eleven years ago, she was getting out of her car when she bumped her head. She developed a deadly brain infection that lead to brain surgery and a host of auto immune diseases.

She says, “Levels of pain you can't even imagine."

It took Linda two years to finally get her Social Security Disability Insurance. By then, it was nearly too late. “I had pension money from the job but here's the thing. When I tried to get the social security disability, it took so long to get that I lost all my pension money, all my life savings, everything and now I live check to check