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Pension Blues

The Plain Dealer looks at Ohio's unclear disability laws that are open to interpretation and loopholes and how police and firefighters pension pay have drawn fire. Some officers have been […]
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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America

This book documents how the per-capita disability rate due to mental illness has increased six-fold since 1955, when Thorazine was introduced into asylum medicine. The number of adults on government […]
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Not the Best Policy

CBS News 60 Minutes examined UnumProvident, "the world's largest disability insurance company, which provides disability insurance to 17 million Americans. More than a dozen present and former UnumProvident employees, ranging […]
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Twice Burned

SmartMoney reports that "Americans are paying millions of dollars for disability insurance. But those policies aren't always the safety nets they seem to be. Insurers are increasingly fighting claims from […]
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The Californian discovered that throughout California public employees are cashing in on $739 million per year in disability retirements-even though many people are working second jobs. Particularly police and firefighters […]
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A System of Failure

National Law Journal reports the federal government's system for resolving employees' race, sex and disability discrimination complaints is ineffectual, April 24, 1989. This file is not available for digital download. […]
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Detroit News reports that most Michigan auto dealers are skirting state laws by selling highly profitable life and disability insurance on car loans, which can add thousands to the cost […]
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The Other Welfare

The series examines the $10 billion federal disability program for low income children in Massachusetts. The author found that the program gives incentives for parents to put their children on […]
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Split Decisions

The Wall Street Journal reports how there are children receiving disability benefits that may loose that benefit after Congress concluded that many of them "suffered from mild ailments, if any." […]
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The Doctor is Out

Sickened by the shift to managed care, more physicians are claiming disability, moving into administration or leaving medicine altogether. This file is not available for digital download. IRE members may […]
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