Finding disability claim fraud online—by peeking at your Facebook posts—is part of President Trump's 2020 cost-saving plan
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But here's the problem: According to the Social Security Administration and President Trump, that parting shot could also be the end of your disability payments. The stated goal of using social media is to root out fraud and better the integrity of the program, according toMore than 10 million people receive Social Security disability insurance benefits totaling more than $11 billion a month.It is important to note, improper payments is an SSA term in which fraud is included, but is not exclusively fraud.
While the program is only now being fleshed out by SSA with the backing of President Trump even the idea of snooping around on social media to determine if someone is truly disabled is galling. If you're like many people, you don't even know what you don't know about disability benefits. Here's a possible starting line:The work of this administration is a jarring contrast to the positive work many in the disability advocacy community are doing.
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