Disability Fraud Holds Down US Unemployment Rate - The Market Oracle

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[****Disability** Fraud Holds Down US Unemployment Rate**][3]
**The Market Oracle**
Consider **disability** fraud, people claiming **disabilities** they do not have such as mental illness. Prior to the great recession 33% of applicants claimed mental illness. The number is 43% now. There was fraud before, of course.
[Report: **Disability** Claims Soar as Jobless Benefits Run Out][4]Newsroom America
[Millions Of Jobless File For **Disability** When Unemployment Benefits Run Out][5]Fox News (blog)
[Obama Is Driving Us Crazy][6]Power Line (blog)

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