Editorial In Virginian-Pilot

From the Virginian-Pilot, a newspaper in the southeastern corner of Virginia:

According to a piece in Monday’s New York Times, the appeals process for Social Security disability cases has been so bogged down — because there aren’t enough judges, essentially — that Americans are dying, losing their houses or being forced into financial ruin before the government decides their cases. ...

The people waiting for the judges to decide are already so sick that they can’t work. Some have been diagnosed with terminal illnesses. Some will die while they wait. Others will go bankrupt. All to save a few bucks by refusing money to those who deserve it, who most need it.