A poll taken by [a law firm] asked the question, "Do you feel the Social Security Administration will handle your Social Security disability claim fairly?"The response was astounding. Eighty three (83) percent of the responses to the yes/no question were No; they do not trust the Social Security Administration to handle their claim fairly. At the time of this release 389 people had responded. When such a huge majority of people do not trust the government to handle their disability claim, it simply cannot be ignored.
Hey, let's have the private sector do it then. I'm sure "fairness" goes hand-in-hand with their profit motivation. The trust funds will save a LOT of money that way.
ReplyDeleteOn what basis did those 83% form their opinions? They probably have a general distrust of governmental operations that affect them, rather than a specific distrust of SSA (about which they know next to nothing).
ReplyDeleteThe above opinions are thought provoking. As a claimant,in my opinion,social security's opinions are baised and profit motivating. Considering these employees are paid from tax revenue.
ReplyDeleteThis is opinion,maybe fact or not.
The source of SSA employees' salaries has nothing to do with how claims are processed.
ReplyDeleteI agree with John Herling, most people have a negative opinion of government employees before they even step into an office. I'm sure most attorneys do nothing to dispel those biased beliefs, either. Some people also form their opinion on whether they got what they wanted, regardless if it was possible or not.
I'm a bit skeptical about the accuracy of these results, considering they came from a poll on the firm's website, meaning anyone who voted chose to do so, and the visitors to said website are more likely than not to be primarily disability claimants, many of whom may have been denied. After all, who gets attorney representation or wants to complain if they've been approved on the initial application?
ReplyDeleteNot to mention the fact that presumably anyone filing for benefits thinks they are disabled and if they were denied, they must have been treated unfairly.
ReplyDeleteIf only the masses read the studies of bias among the ALJs. Region V does particularly poorly.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the negativity about SSA is a general negative attitude about the U.S. government.
ReplyDeleteBut the backlog is real. It may not be the current employees of SSA they are complaining about. But someone has to be blamed for the incredible backlog. Unfortunately, that is SSA.