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Post by morgullord on Dec 12, 2007 13:45:12 GMT -5
A reporter and camera crew from the CBS Evening News was at the Atlanta North Hearing Office yesterday (12/11/07). They were confined to the lobby and employees were advised not to interact with them. Katie Couric may have the report as soon as this evening's show. Apparently, two or more claimants' representatives were responsible for the film crew being there.
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Post by oldtimer on Dec 13, 2007 20:31:52 GMT -5
I forgot to watch; was anything on?
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Post by morgullord on Dec 13, 2007 22:59:06 GMT -5
I understand that it has not been shown yet. Atlanta North had hearings going in five of six hearing rooms (the other not available due to VTC cannabalization; the 6th judge was at a remote hearing site.
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Post by oldtimer on Dec 14, 2007 13:39:31 GMT -5
Thanks; after posting last night, I checked the cbs.com website for the news, saw no reference to "social security disability." Since it's an ongoing, versus daily, story, I suppose it won't hurt much if they take a day or two for editing.
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Post by morgullord on Jan 10, 2008 11:43:06 GMT -5
The story will be on the CBS evening news on 14-15 January 2008. It will apparently be a two-part story.
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Post by judicature on Jan 15, 2008 0:29:01 GMT -5
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Post by deltajudge on Jan 15, 2008 16:59:59 GMT -5
::)I watched it, and as usual the problem was addressed, but not the cause. Stay tuned tonight.
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Post by testtaker on Jan 15, 2008 17:10:45 GMT -5
Thanks for the link. They provide a link to resources, which doesn't really say much. However, the CBS page for resources lists links to ALLSUP and it appears to be pretty much an advertisement and endorsement of ALLSUP services. They even provide a link to an inquiry page where claimants can get a "free evaluation" of their case. Not very journalistic in my viewpoint. A link to NOSSCR would have been more appropriate.
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Post by judicature on Jan 15, 2008 22:58:44 GMT -5
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Post by baseball14 on Jan 16, 2008 6:37:57 GMT -5
I saw the report on CBS last night. I find it completely amazing that after the "2 month" IN DEPTH INVESTIGATION....(lol)....these "investigative reporters" were really off the mark. One thing was the reporter said that one claimant was turned down at the administrative level , even though one of her conditions was described as "severe." Someone tell the "investigative reporter" about step 2, please !!! and that just because an impairment is described as "severe" doesn't mean the claimant wins. Second--- someone tell the "investigative reporter" that the criteria is not "any job" in the economy, but what jobs the claimant can do, BASED ON HIS RESIDUAL FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY.
I will say this.....it seems like the people who were featured as claimants...(the lady who was about 300 pounds and COPD) .maybe should have been paid at DDS level....FROM WHAT I SAW, anyway.
The CBS "Report" was a nothing-burger !!!....except a puff piece
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Post by jagghagg on Jan 16, 2008 8:18:44 GMT -5
I do not know if "puff piece" quite describes it; but it was certainly eye-catching......to say the least. I suspect the two-month investigation did glean all the accurate and relevant information, from the proper standard to the efforts being made to reduce the time for decisions and .....well, whatever. However, THOSE kinds of segments do not make for increased ratings. "Look-how-bad-the-Social-Security-Administration-is" makes for FAR more interesting news than "See-how-the-SSA-is-trying-to-do-its-mission-despite-underfunding-and-understaffing-imposed-by-Congress." I suspect a great deal of balanced information was left on the cutting room floor. Sometimes it seems the mission of the news is to ignite rather than fully inform. That is rather sad, actually. |
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Post by testtaker on Jan 16, 2008 10:02:09 GMT -5
The following is from another post. Thought it would be more pertinent here. Also, I find it interesting that when I clicked to get on this page, there was a little ad at the top that asked, "Should Katie quit CBS?" and then linked to www. SodaHead.com. Pretty interesting. Thanks to CitiBank's financial woes, much of the footage prepared for the second part of the report was cut. |
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Post by southerner on Jan 16, 2008 21:06:09 GMT -5
The reporter did not do a good job in explaining the process.
The characterization that SSA conceded the claimant had an impairment that was severe and seemed to imply that should have sufficed to be granted disability benefits was so simplistic. One does not expect extnesive discourse on the sequential evaluation process, but let us have some reasonable explanations so laypeople could have some sense of disability process.
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Post by yogibear on Jan 16, 2008 23:44:32 GMT -5
A more truthful/balanced report would have focused on the wait for an ALJ hearing, the underfunding of the Agency to meet the needs of the aging babyboomers, and perhaps the differences between the decision making of the state and federal levels. However, they chose to sensationalize the story and tried to make it sound like a conspiracy to encourage employees not to pay any/many claims, because most of those denied don't know to appeal and end up going away without pursuing their rightful benefits/payments. The report lacked credibility and good investigative reporting. Too bad, because this report failed the public.
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