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Economic Impact of Disability Claim Denials Now Reaching Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

Allan Checkoway, author of ‘A Consumer’s Disability Insurance Guide’ reports that Social Security and private insurer disability claim denials now affect over 1.4 million disabled Americans every year. Over 60 percent of initial Social Security disability claims are denied. Plus, it’s estimated that more than 20 percent of commercial insurer claims with one major disability insurer were denied in a recent year. Is this the wrong time to be disabled in America? - April 15, 2006