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Government Accountability Office calls for more scrutiny of railroad disability claims
$1769.23 a month average for those 13,000 claims. Where a loophole is, exploitation follows. But not all can possibly be fraud, It only seems to be LIRR, I don’t think the RRB is the problem,
Long, long, long overdue
Advice: don’t buy stock of Long Island (NY) country clubs.
I agree with Britt, looks like a mostly localized problem. Now that the loophole has been identified just close it.
The government has been making similar noises about the Social Security disability system, and private disability income insurance has been plagued by fraudulent claims for years.
what else would you expect from a lets make everyone do what we want administration?
While the RRB undoubtedly needs to tighthten up the payment process, GAO really needs to scrutinize the unions where many of these claims are percipatated.