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appalachiablue

(42,908 posts) Thu May 4, 2023, 07:29 PM May 2023

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016350927

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Disability Denied: Unable to Work, COVID Long- Haulers Face Barriers to Benefits (Original Post) appalachiablue May 2023 OP

I have no idea either. The opposite of what you would expect. Tomconroy May 2023 #3

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1. There were substantially fewer applications for disability benefits in 2022

Thu May 4, 2023, 07:43 PM

May 2023

than there were in 2019. Indeed, applications for SS disability declined in every year of the Covid era.

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table6c7.html

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2. I don't know what accounts for the drop, maybe people were discouraged, staffing was down.

Thu May 4, 2023, 08:37 PM

May 2023

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3. I have no idea either. The opposite of what you would expect.

Thu May 4, 2023, 09:33 PM

May 2023