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walkingman

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4. This will probably be shocking....I know about 10+ people that have gotten SSDI
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 07:44 PM
Aug 2022

in the last 10 years. Everyone one of them, without exception, are not disabled. They were denied several times, got lawyers, and eventually were granted disability.

They are not bad people but they knew they could work for cash (most were in to 57-60 age bracket) and use the system to get their FRA SS and Medicare/ or Medicaid so it was worth the effort.

Repeat they are not and were not disabled. Most of them refused to get healthcare prior, hid their income and hadn't paid FICA for many years....basically abused a program that was designed to help people who could not help themselves. It is wrong and is part of the problem we have these days.

They also are all MAGA folks who obviously think the world owes them something while they force responsible people to pay their bills, their healthcare, etc. and cause the people that really need help to have to jump through hoops to get the help the program for which the program was designed.

I have no sympathy for these folks. They are part of the reason that our social services are under so much stress and people tend to have little empathy.

Maybe this is a Texas thing but I doubt it?

So you want to take advantage of social programs that were implemented by Dems and them bad mouth and vote for the party that would do nothing for you?

I am not against SSDI for people that need it. And yes I know that the greedy bastards get there crap but two wrongs do not make a right.

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Social Security Disability [View all] yankee87 Aug 2022 OP
Yes, almost everyone I've known was turned down once or twice n/t TexasBushwhacker Aug 2022 #1
That is infuriating-- but I've heard it too. viva la Aug 2022 #2
Seems like that happened Rebl2 Oct 2022 #14
Everyone I've known who got approved had an attorney TexasBushwhacker Oct 2022 #15
Yikes! Rebl2 Oct 2022 #16
The thing that's crazy TexasBushwhacker Oct 2022 #17
The only folks I ever knew that got it on first try were cancer victims questionseverything Aug 2022 #3
Yep Lifeafter70 May 2023 #21
I hope for a miracle for him questionseverything May 2023 #22
Thanks Lifeafter70 May 2023 #23
This will probably be shocking....I know about 10+ people that have gotten SSDI walkingman Aug 2022 #4
how do you know they are not disabled ? drray23 Aug 2022 #6
Because they are my friends and neighbors. They didn't hide their efforts from me. I live walkingman Aug 2022 #8
You are correct TexasBushwhacker Aug 2022 #10
I got it 1st try. I was 57, had put in to the system 40 yrs. Too old Meadowoak Aug 2022 #5
I tried. Didn't get it. Knew I wouldn't get; Hubby insisted I try. slightlv Aug 2022 #7
You do not pay lawyers! CountAllVotes Oct 2022 #19
Agreed with poster above everybody takes at least two tries and sometimes more mahina Aug 2022 #9
Thank you yankee87 Aug 2022 #11
Don't ever stop trying so you get the money from when you first applied womanofthehills Aug 2022 #12
If you're 62 sign up for regular and timms139 Oct 2022 #13
I applied after getting a DX of multiple sclerosis CountAllVotes Oct 2022 #18
I have vEDS, had a brain aneurysm, then a heart attack Goddessartist Feb 2023 #20
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