Waiting In Youngstown

From WYTV in Youngstown, OH:

Administrators in the Youngstown office say as the baby boomer generation gets older, more claims fill the offices.

Kathy Burke of Hubbard says she has been diagnosed with arthritis all throughout her body and has not been able to work for nearly two years. But the Social Security backlog has prolonged a hearing on her disability case since last spring. In the meantime, her finances are taking a hit.

Burke is one of an estimated seven hundred and fifty thousand citizens waiting for judges to decide on disability appeals filed. The Social Security administration is trying to attack the nationwide backlog by opening a national center to hold disability hearings to help decrease the wait for those in need.