Senator Tom Coburn's (R-OK) office has leaked the report to be given today to the Senate Homeland Security and Government Operations Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on disability determinations at Social Security, which is supposed to reveal that "In more than a quarter of the cases, decisions to award benefits 'failed to properly address insufficient, contradictory, or incomplete evidence.'" Senater Coburn's response says that "I think you could flip a coin for anybody that came before the Social Security commission for disability and get it right just as often as the (judges) do." However, the report, apparently done by Social Security's Office of Inspector General (OIG) only " reviewed the cases to see if officials used proper procedures in making their decisions", did not talk to any of the claimants involved and did not "make any determinations about whether people got benefits they did not deserve."
Here is the witness list for the hearing:
Here is the witness list for the hearing:
PANEL 1
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JUDGE PATRICIA A. JONASAppellate Operations Executive Director, Deputy Chair, Appeals Council,Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, Social Security AdministrationFalls Church, VA
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JUDGE DEBRA BICEChief Administrative Law JudgeOffice of Disability Adjudication and Review, Social Security AdministrationFalls Church, VA
PANEL 2
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JUDGE DOUGLAS S. STULTSHearing Office Chief Administrative Law JudgeOffice of Disability Adjudication and Review, Social Security AdministrationOklahoma City, OK
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JUDGE THOMAS W. ERWINHearing Office Chief Administrative Law JudgeOffice of Disability Adjudication and Review, Social Security AdministrationRoanoke, VA
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JUDGE OLLIE L. GARMON, IIIRegional Chief Administrative Law Judge (Region IV)Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, Social Security AdministrationAtlanta, VA
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