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Fighting for Veterans: Taking Action on the Disability Claims Backlog

House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is spearheading

May 22, 2013 | 11 comments | by

Improved Accuracy Rates On VA Disability Claims? Or Not?

A few posts back I may have referred to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) senior officials as “lumbering simpletons,” and for that I must apologize, because they have managed something truly spectacular.  Here are the accuracy averages for veteran disability claim approval rates in 2012, just to give you a picture of how well things [...]

Mar 19, 2013 | 7 comments | by

Disability Growth Disables the Country

Special blog post by Lewis Warne, an NCPA research associate. Social Security Disability enrollment for workers, excluding disabled children and disabled widow(er)s, is growing much faster than the working age population. Since 1991, workers on disability increased almost 170 percent, from 3,194,938 to 8,575,544 In the same period, the writing my essay population between 18-64 [...]

Jan 02, 2013 | 14 comments | by

Veterans Face a Bureaucratic Battle Back Home

buy cheap cialis online Note:  Guest blogger Kyle Buckley, an NCPA research associate, discusses the war zone that is the Veterans Administration. Over the last year there have been a number of congressional inquiries into the reasons for a growing disability claims backlog at the Veterans Administration.  The VA has failed to comply with requests [...]

Dec 12, 2012 | 6 comments | by

Unemployment is Holding, but Disability is Climbing…

I will keep this cialis low price short at the risk of repeating myself, but

Jul 06, 2012 | 2 comments | by

Disability and the Incredible Shrinking Work Force

The population is growing, yet the work force is shrinking. In 2000, the civilian labor force participation rate (LFPR) peaked at more than 67 percent. In May of this year, it stands at 63.8 percent. What gives? The recession plays a role, as many chronically unemployed people have given up searching for a job and [...]

Jun 21, 2012 | 8 comments | by