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Originally Posted by Guest
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Briefly, stated a conservative definition of disabled is unable to perform in any occupation. To those individuals a civil society will respond and medicaid should apply
there are those for a number of reasons that may need a temporary hand up until the can get back on their feet and again medicaid should apply.
what most of us envision when he hear or speak of entitlement/welfare programs are the lazy dead beats.
all of the above encompass people from every race or national origin
Abuse and fraud is a major concern in any program where money is made available. It is the reason why I support block grants for medicaid because there will be less fraud and abuse . However I understand that it will never be completely eliminated.
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While it's true that the government usually requires that you are unable to perform any type of job in order to be declared 100% disabled, exceptions are made once a person is over a certain age and has been in the same profession for a certain number of years. The though is that retraining a person like this would take longer and cost more money than it's worth. So if you are over 55 and have worked in basically the same type of job for 30 years or more, you'll likely to be declared to be disabled if you are unable to do that particular job or one very similar to it.