I don't see anything about the collusion by lawyers that have a standard fee of $5300.00 per claim. I did all the filings and letters on my case. All my lawyer had to do was to show up in court for the appeal hearing, and his fee was $5300. for four hours in court; your chances of winning without a lawyer are very slim because it's a big club. The judge is a lawyer too. I paid into the system all of my working life, and if this was a private insurance company, they would have been put out of business. If national health care is going to be run like this govt run system, many more people will die waiting for treatment, and your going to need a lawyer if the govt turns you down for a test or operation.
I had 2 heart attacks, and three other operations. All of my doctors declared me unemployable, but I was turned down 2 times, automatically. The SSI system exists by and for lawyers. I have a friend that wrote to the head of the department that writes the denial letters. The person that heads that department claimed that 13 % of all first time applicants are approved. A little research revealed that that 13% were terminal, and many had to seek emergency motions in court to get their benefits before they died. Many did die before they got to court. SSI hopes to discourage applicants, and while the applicant goes through the intolerably long process, families lose their homes, their credit, their cars, and far too many marriages end in divorce due to the strain of waiting for benefits. If people bought a private policy instead of being taxed through their payroll for this terrible SSI scam, they would have their money in months instead of years. This is just an example of how the govt cannot administer anything properly. This system should be investigated, and those that are administering it should be indicted for , mis, mal, and non feasance of office.