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Saturday, August 25, 2012

1.3 Million Got Disability for ‘Mood Disorders’—Including 33% of Beneficiaries in Puerto Rico

The Social Security Administration released its annual statistical report on federal disability insurance last month, revealing that at the end of 2011 there was a then-record of 8,575,544 workers collecting federal disability benefits and among them were 1,304,851 doing so because they suffered from “mood disorders.”
The incidence of “mood disorders” among disability beneficiaries was not proportionately distributed among the states and territories, according to the official SSA statistics. Some locations had much higher percentages of disability beneficiaries diagnosed with mood disorders than other locations.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have a mood disorder. I live with constant anxiety from worrying about where my country is headed and what the commies in the government will do next. Maybe I should apply for disability too.

Anonymous said...

maybe they ought to make it that when you reach the level of benefits received match those you paid in your done!