The most recent issue of the Social Security Bulletin, the agency's scholarly journal, contains an article by Jeffrey Hemmeter and Paul S. Davies on Infant Mortality Among Supplemental Security Income Applicants. The bottom line is that child SSI applicants die at a fairly high rate compared to other children.
 |
| Click on image to view full size |
6 comments:
Meaningless conclusion. Not surprising that the rate of death in the overall population of children with more serious poor health issues die at a "fairly high rate" compared to children with better health issues. Add in unknown components of drug/alcohol use (including use before and during the pregnancy by the mother) and parenting or lack of parenting skills for the adult or teen providers for these two child groups and a more realistic understanding of this issue can be made.
What percent of SSI kids are being paid for ADHD and other similar maladies? What is their death rate compared to non-ADHD kids?
meaningless. Sick people are sick, yes. Sick people die at a higher rate, yes.
The issue is that they're poor.
This just in, old people die quicker than young people.
This article is just about children in the first year of life. As. It says in the article SSI for neonate so is not just for the poor. If you child is born in and stays in a hospital he is not living with you so your income does not count against him in receiving SSI or Medicaid. Have only seen a few cases where ADHD is alleged in a child under one. The article should have clarified which cases were denied by the DOs for I and R or other technical reasons as opposed to the DDS on medical grounds. This would have been pretty easy to figure out
Post a Comment