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Disabilities claims denied

Tennessee is a state where nearly 30% of residents are disabled and yet it denies a larger share of disability applicants than almost any other state in the nation. Doctors […]
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Battling for Benefits

WTAE-TV found that veterans were waiting over a year for "their disability claims to be processed." In particular Western Pennsylvania "had the third-longest waiting period nationally."
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Booted

Thousands of people from the disability benefit and retirement roll are no longer receiving that aid because the Social Security Administration has labeled them as fugitive felons because of outstanding […]
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Liabilities

Retired NFL players from the days before the million dollar salary, are being denied disability funds from the NFL. These retirees are "players who are injured and seemingly unable to […]
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The Price of Access

Examining "the large proliferation of disability access lawsuits in California," the Sacramento Bee found that "offering the most generous payouts in the nation has made (California) a magnet for lawsuits […]
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The wrecking yard

Sports Illustrated looks at the chronicle diseases of retired NFL players. The game's grim legacy is a lifetime of disability and pain, the magazine reveals. The story points to studies […]
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Betrayed

A former health inspector and environmental health specialist is now permanently disabled because of his exposure to toxic mold at his workplace, the Southern Nevada Health District's Environmental Health Wing, […]
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Worries About Safety of Its Anthrax Vaccine Put the Army in a Bind

The Wall Street Journal reports on side effects from anthrax vaccine, which have put the U.S. Army in a difficult position. The story reveals that hundreds of soldiers have claimed […]
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Less than minimum

Reporter Chris Mahon discovered that ORC Industries, Inc., a Brownsville, TX, nonprofit, paid 20 percent of its employees less than minimum wage because they were disabled. That practice is legal, […]
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Aches and Claims

The Herald-Leader found that Lexington police and firefighters retire on tax-free disability more than three times as often as Kentucky State Police officers. Many of these retirees then go on […]
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