Social Security and all other federal agencies must submit all proposed new regulations to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which is part of the White House, for approval before publication in the Federal Register. Social Security sent proposed changes to its endocrine system listings to OMB for approval on September 11. It would be nice if the listing for diabetes were made less harsh, but the trend at Social Security in recent years has been to make the listings longer and longer and harsher and harsher. The day may come when the listings run to hundreds of pages.
I still cannot believe that an amputation at the ankle due to diabetes is not enough to meet the listings. That is one of the changes made a few years ago. That is ridiculously harsh in my opinion. My guess is that there are few people even at Social Security who would argue all that much with my opinion on this point.
I still cannot believe that an amputation at the ankle due to diabetes is not enough to meet the listings. That is one of the changes made a few years ago. That is ridiculously harsh in my opinion. My guess is that there are few people even at Social Security who would argue all that much with my opinion on this point.
This is my opinion as a lay person,not published fact. The listing,as is the medical vocational rules are hard to meet because of tax breaks for the wealthy and protection of tax dollars for highly paid government workers.
ReplyDeletewow,can you say non-sequitur
ReplyDeleteAll he's trying to say is that the qualifications for disability are more stringent because of budget contraints, and not because of medical opinion. But you would think that's obvious to anyone who reads this blog.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that budget constraints per se result in tightening the listings. Certainly in the past 8 years, the Bush administration starved SSA, thus making it less effective and more vulnerable to privatization. Unfortunately for them, they ran out of time and SSA never got small enough to drown in Norquist's bathtub.
ReplyDeleteHowever, the Friedman school of free market economics has decreed that Social Security is immoral. When asked why his theories had no provisions for those who failed to compete successfully in his Malthusian market place, he repied, "I don't have to." So, we have received budgets based on that principle since 1980. Nothing to see here, folks--just move along.
The VA says getting your leg blown off in combat isn't enough to qualify for 100% disability.
ReplyDeleteI suspect most who read this blog could continue to engage in work despite losing both legs because they likely have at least a high school diploma and can sit and use a computer or answer phones.