tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post4144550873547087374..comments2024-03-28T10:15:57.792-04:00Comments on Social Security News: Poor Rural Areas Generate Disability ClaimsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-68722815960124273632018-02-13T13:17:21.691-05:002018-02-13T13:17:21.691-05:00Not only is it cheaper, Northern Michigan is gorge...Not only is it cheaper, Northern Michigan is gorgeous! I would move there too if I was on disability. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-73005654486504117372018-02-12T16:00:36.221-05:002018-02-12T16:00:36.221-05:00Numeracy for lawyers.
The map shows the rate of D...Numeracy for lawyers.<br /><br />The map shows the <i>rate</i> of DI receipt.<br /><br />The <i>number</i> of people receiving DI is much higher in places that have a lot of people. <br /><br />The <i>percentage</i> of people in an area is much higher in places with a high proportion of poorly educated, unhealthy people at risk for disability. <br /><br />Disability rates are higher in poor rural areas, but most people on DI live in major metropolitan centers. To wit, in 2016, close to 40% of all people in the state receiving DI worker benefits are in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-58513283205226052018-02-12T15:24:31.027-05:002018-02-12T15:24:31.027-05:00I practice in southeast Michigan and many of my cl...I practice in southeast Michigan and many of my clients move to the northern counties once the get on disability because the cost of living is so much lower in those areas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-75018152504672602302018-02-12T11:17:09.157-05:002018-02-12T11:17:09.157-05:00Further south we are seeing an increase in the app...Further south we are seeing an increase in the apps for benefits and the average age is creeping up. So our typical claimant now hovers around the 50+ mark, limited education, unskilled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-79134975966738135122018-02-12T10:20:46.438-05:002018-02-12T10:20:46.438-05:00My practice is located in MI. While we advertise t...My practice is located in MI. While we advertise throughout the state, only a small percentage of our new clients come from this so-called "disability belt." The populations are so low in these areas and there are no available jobs so there are very few new disability cases. It seems like everyone who is eligible for disability is already on the rolls. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com