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All told, the federal government spent nearly $250 billion in 2011 paying more than 23 million Americans some type of disability claim. That's about 7% of the overall population, and 16% of the workforce."
I am sure all of you have seen the television ads for the lawyers specializing in Social Security and VA disability claims. They even brag about all the types of questionable disabilities that they are able to get approved by Social Security and VA. I am not saying all the disabilities mentioned are phony but how many of us worked for many years with some minor disability ourselves and did just fine?
These lawyers know all the buzz words to put in the claims and most likely know the doctors to say the disabilities are chronic and the person cannot work. Of course, the buzz words and doctor exams are not free and a healthy chunk of the disability settlement goes to the lawyer and doctor.
This is where the crackdown on the fraud should begin.
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