{"id":799,"date":"2010-02-02T20:39:58","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T20:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/?p=799"},"modified":"2010-02-02T20:39:58","modified_gmt":"2010-02-02T20:39:58","slug":"disability-insurance-benefits-getting-harder-to-come-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/blog\/disability-insurance-benefits-getting-harder-to-come-by\/","title":{"rendered":"Disability insurance benefits getting harder to come by"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Wall Street Journal<\/em> reports that Disability benefits from the workplace and the government are being reduced, which is putting more pressure on consumers to purchase their own Disability Insurance coverage.<\/p>\n Last year the percentage of companies that covered all or part of their employees Disability Insurance fell from 59% in 2002 to 48%.<\/p>\n At the same time the Social Security Administration is being inundated with Disability claims, causing a significant backlog. This backlog can create problems if you are waiting on a claim from the SSA.<\/p>\n