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In reply to the discussion: Attacks on SSI/SSDI Should Not Be Part of the Democratic Policy Position [View all]jwirr
(39,215 posts)born with disabilities such as developmental disabilities, brain damaged patients such as one hurt in a motorcycle accident, persons with severe mental illness who no one WILL employ, persons who are elderly and poor (they get a SSI supplement), persons dying from cancer or any other disease, persons hurt on the job that will be effected by that injury the rest of their life, etc. And the list goes on. NO cures anywhere among that group. Many have never even been able to hold a job. They are often covered under a parents social security number. This is what the majority of SSDI users look like. They have gone through extensive medical examinations by government employed doctors. They are obviously disabled. They are not committing fraud.
Many of the fraud examples they used in one of the articles I read made it clear that it was often agency error that caused the lose of money.
Most of the cases you are talking about are not even on these programs. They may qualify for SSI but that is not part of Social Security. It is administered by the Social Security Department but the money does come out of the general fund. And if they are likely to be cured they are on it temporarily and monitored regularly.
What you are asking for is that only the elderly can be a part of social security. Oh yes, and the survivors of the dead.
As to employers - they match the contributions of workers to social security already.