Sep 29, 2017

Facing A Long Wait In Nashville

     From a television station in Nashville:
Across the nation 1.1 million Americans who are trying to claim their social security benefits are stuck in a backlog with an average wait of two years just for a hearing. In Tennessee that wait is more than a year long. 
Anita Robinson spent 41 years working as a nurse in middle Tennessee. Now she spends a lot of her time sorting through her manifold of medication. 
"Its just kind of lonely , I'm too young," Robinson said with tears in her eyes. 
Several years ago a doctor visit changed her life, turns out the rash on her foot was much more than it seemed. She was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis and other immune disorders as well as lymphocytic colitis.  ...
"In 16 months I'll either be worse or dead," said Robinson. ...

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