PURGATORY FOR THE DISABLED I blogged about this issue HERE. Seems the MSM is finally answering the clue phone. Write your lawmakers to speed up the Social Security Disability process and correct fatal flaws in the approval system. Just because you aren't disabled, doesn't mean you might not be tomorrow. (I am a prime example of how fast your life can change.) Please. Disability Cases Last Longer as Backlog Rises By ERIK ECKHOLM Steadily lengthening delays in the resolution of Social Security disability claims have left hundreds of thousands of people in a kind of purgatory, now waiting as long as three years for a decision. Two-thirds of those who appeal an initial rejection eventually win their cases. But in the meantime, more and more people have lost their homes, declared bankruptcy or even died while awaiting an appeals hearing , say lawyers representing claimants and officials of the Social Security Administration, which administers disability benefits for those judged...