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I have been noticing the proliferation of ads that have
lawyer types with deep voices, saying that if you had your SICIAL SECURITY
DISABILITY CLAIM denied, you need to call us…implying that they could get that
claim denial reversed.
When I saw CALL SAM commercials and LAWYERS.COM commercials
advertising the same claims, I grew suspicious.
Sam Burstein, Geoffrey Fieger and Zammler & Company,
have always advertised for clients that have been injured in some way. These
firms would sue the so-called responsible party and obtain judgment awards out
of which they kept a percentage; I can understand the concept of ambulance
chasing which has made these firms pretty rich but social security disability
claims?
I could not figure out how the law firms made money if they
got a client's disability claim approved by the government which usually means
a modest monthly payment.
The Wall Street Journal explained it all to me. Firms make
millions on these claims because the government pays them. The Social Security
Administration has so many claims that they actually pay firms (you do not have
to be a lawyer to get into this business) to help expedite the process.
Now the firms only are paid IF the claim is accepted;
nothing if claim is denied…so the firms make sure the claims are NEVER denied.
How do they do that; they keep out medical information that
would cause an administrative judge to deny the claim. An example would be a
claim that a person was injured and cannot perform his or her job of lifting
boxes. Medical results that show that they should have no physical reasons not
to be able to pick up boxes are left out of the file so the judge never sees
it.
Some insurance agencies hire private detectives to follow
claimants and video them playing basketball or some other strenuous exercise
while at the same time claiming they can barely move.
Since unemployment has grown in our current recession, there
are many more people filing for disability with the Social Security
Administration and since these firms practically guarantee the claims
acceptance, why not file.
On the other hand, the Social Security Administration has no
one to represent the agency at the hearings, no one to challenge some of the
claims being presented so the claimant nearly always gets approved.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, this is just another way our tax
dollars are thrown in the garbage by our government. The Democrats want to tax
the wealthy but they are not willing to stop this outrageous and absurd waste
of out tax dollars and that is why I am not willing to give the Democrats any
more tax money until they show me they can cut waste.
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