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		vonmoltke on Jan 7, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tennessee doctors earn big money denying disabilit... > The fact that the state is so aggressive about denials is interesting, as it is probably increasing costs to the state due to increased litigation. This could be a case of one department making their metrics look better at the expense of other departments.

softawre on Jan 7, 2019 [–]

Yes, it goes into detail about this in the npr article linked by GP.

There is even a consulting company whose job it is to recommend people who are on welfare that could be on disability, and then help them fill out the forms and get Dr. consent. This company gets paid 2k+ for each person they switch over..

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