KIDK in Idaho is running a story about the responses it received to the piece it ran this week about one person's fight to get on Social Security disability benefits. Patricia Patterson advised "You've got to have the proof: pictures, medications, discharge papers, referrals, every darn thing that you can get. The burden of proof is on you.'" Others advised that working makes it almost impossible to get on Social Security disability benefits.
"working makes it almost impossible to get on Social Security Disability benefits" - duh! The Social Security Act defines disability as a physical or mental condition that prevents you from doing any substantial gainful work. Simply put, if you can work you are not disabled. Only Congress can change the legal definition. Many of the people who apply for disability benefits would never file if they could get affordable health insurance.
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