Feds Consider Puerto Ricans Disabled Because They Speak Spanish

[Stephanie]

Man, how cool is it living in the ObamaNation

SNIP:
95 percent of Puerto Ricans speak Spanish




BY: Elizabeth Harrington
April 6, 2015 2:25 pm


The Social Security Administration (SSA) approved disability benefits for hundreds of Puerto Ricans because they do not speak English, despite the fact that Puerto Rico is a predominantly Spanish-speaking territory.

According to a new audit by the Office of Inspector General (OIG), the agency is misapplying rules that are intended to provide financial assistance to individuals who are illiterate or cannot speak English in the United States. Under the rules, Puerto Ricans are allowed to receive disability benefits for their inability to speak English as well.

“We found the Agency did not make exceptions regarding the English-language grid rules for claimants who reside in Puerto Rico, even though Spanish is the predominant language spoken in the local economy,” the OIG said.

The audit said a person applying for disability in Puerto Rico who cannot speak English “may increase his/her likelihood of receiving disability benefits.”

The agency does not currently have a system in place to keep track of the number of beneficiaries who receive disability insurance for not being able to speak English.

However, the OIG was able to identify 218 cases between 2011 and 2013 where Puerto Ricans were awarded disability due to “an inability to communicate in English.” Furthermore, 4 percent of disability hearings in Puerto Rico involved looking at the individual’s ability to speak, read, write, and understand English.

Though 95 percent of Puerto Ricans speak Spanish at home, according to the rules a Spanish-speaking nurse in Puerto Rico would be considered “unskilled,” the OIG said.

The SSA told the OIG that the rules are applied one-size-fits-all.

“SSA managers at various disability decision levels stated Social Security is a national program, and the grids must be applied to the national economy, regardless of local conditions,” the audit said.

The SSA takes into account an individual’s education level when considering awarding disability benefits if they do not qualify for medical reasons. Part of the education requirement involves looking at a person’s ability to speak English, to determine whether it limits his ability to find a job.

Last year Sen. Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.) raised concerns that the Obama administration was broadly applying the education rule under the Social Security Act to allow individuals to receive disability payments solely because they cannot speak English.

ALL of it here:
Feds Consider Puerto Ricans Disabled Because They Speak Spanish Washington Free Beacon

 

[mudwhistle]

Man, how cool is it living in the ObamaNation

SNIP:
95 percent of Puerto Ricans speak Spanish




BY: Elizabeth Harrington
April 6, 2015 2:25 pm


The Social Security Administration (SSA) approved disability benefits for hundreds of Puerto Ricans because they do not speak English, despite the fact that Puerto Rico is a predominantly Spanish-speaking territory.

According to a new audit by the Office of Inspector General (OIG), the agency is misapplying rules that are intended to provide financial assistance to individuals who are illiterate or cannot speak English in the United States. Under the rules, Puerto Ricans are allowed to receive disability benefits for their inability to speak English as well.

“We found the Agency did not make exceptions regarding the English-language grid rules for claimants who reside in Puerto Rico, even though Spanish is the predominant language spoken in the local economy,” the OIG said.

The audit said a person applying for disability in Puerto Rico who cannot speak English “may increase his/her likelihood of receiving disability benefits.”

The agency does not currently have a system in place to keep track of the number of beneficiaries who receive disability insurance for not being able to speak English.

However, the OIG was able to identify 218 cases between 2011 and 2013 where Puerto Ricans were awarded disability due to “an inability to communicate in English.” Furthermore, 4 percent of disability hearings in Puerto Rico involved looking at the individual’s ability to speak, read, write, and understand English.

Though 95 percent of Puerto Ricans speak Spanish at home, according to the rules a Spanish-speaking nurse in Puerto Rico would be considered “unskilled,” the OIG said.

The SSA told the OIG that the rules are applied one-size-fits-all.

“SSA managers at various disability decision levels stated Social Security is a national program, and the grids must be applied to the national economy, regardless of local conditions,” the audit said.

The SSA takes into account an individual’s education level when considering awarding disability benefits if they do not qualify for medical reasons. Part of the education requirement involves looking at a person’s ability to speak English, to determine whether it limits his ability to find a job.

Last year Sen. Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.) raised concerns that the Obama administration was broadly applying the education rule under the Social Security Act to allow individuals to receive disability payments solely because they cannot speak English.

ALL of it here:
Feds Consider Puerto Ricans Disabled Because They Speak Spanish Washington Free Beacon

So Obama is paying Hispanics to be ignorant.

 

[Manonthestreet]

But don't try claiming Pillage and plunder are
the order if the day nnnoooooo

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Man, how cool is it living in the ObamaNation

SNIP:
95 percent of Puerto Ricans speak Spanish




BY: Elizabeth Harrington
April 6, 2015 2:25 pm


The Social Security Administration (SSA) approved disability benefits for hundreds of Puerto Ricans because they do not speak English, despite the fact that Puerto Rico is a predominantly Spanish-speaking territory.

According to a new audit by the Office of Inspector General (OIG), the agency is misapplying rules that are intended to provide financial assistance to individuals who are illiterate or cannot speak English in the United States. Under the rules, Puerto Ricans are allowed to receive disability benefits for their inability to speak English as well.

“We found the Agency did not make exceptions regarding the English-language grid rules for claimants who reside in Puerto Rico, even though Spanish is the predominant language spoken in the local economy,” the OIG said.

The audit said a person applying for disability in Puerto Rico who cannot speak English “may increase his/her likelihood of receiving disability benefits.”

The agency does not currently have a system in place to keep track of the number of beneficiaries who receive disability insurance for not being able to speak English.

However, the OIG was able to identify 218 cases between 2011 and 2013 where Puerto Ricans were awarded disability due to “an inability to communicate in English.” Furthermore, 4 percent of disability hearings in Puerto Rico involved looking at the individual’s ability to speak, read, write, and understand English.

Though 95 percent of Puerto Ricans speak Spanish at home, according to the rules a Spanish-speaking nurse in Puerto Rico would be considered “unskilled,” the OIG said.

The SSA told the OIG that the rules are applied one-size-fits-all.

“SSA managers at various disability decision levels stated Social Security is a national program, and the grids must be applied to the national economy, regardless of local conditions,” the audit said.

The SSA takes into account an individual’s education level when considering awarding disability benefits if they do not qualify for medical reasons. Part of the education requirement involves looking at a person’s ability to speak English, to determine whether it limits his ability to find a job.

Last year Sen. Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.) raised concerns that the Obama administration was broadly applying the education rule under the Social Security Act to allow individuals to receive disability payments solely because they cannot speak English.

ALL of it here:
Feds Consider Puerto Ricans Disabled Because They Speak Spanish Washington Free Beacon

So Obama is paying Hispanics to be ignorant.

You really think speaking Spanish is "ignorant"?

Damn. You really are ignorant.

And, by your "logic", so is Jeb (The Hispanic) Bush.

 

[Theowl32]

The Social Security Administration (SSA) approved disability benefits for hundreds of Puerto Ricans because they do not speak English, despite the fact that Puerto Rico is a predominantly Spanish-speaking territory.

According to a new audit by the Office of Inspector General (OIG), the agency is misapplying rules that are intended to provide financial assistance to individuals who are illiterate or cannot speak English in the United States. Under the rules, Puerto Ricans are allowed to receive disability benefits for their inability to speak English as well.

“We found the Agency did not make exceptions regarding the English-language grid rules for claimants who reside in Puerto Rico, even though Spanish is the predominant language spoken in the local economy,” the OIG said.

The audit said a person applying for disability in Puerto Rico who cannot speak English “may increase his/her likelihood of receiving disability benefits.”

The agency does not currently have a system in place to keep track of the number of beneficiaries who receive disability insurance for not being able to speak English.

However, the OIG was able to identify 218 cases between 2011 and 2013 where Puerto Ricans were awarded disability due to “an inability to communicate in English.” Furthermore, 4 percent of disability hearings in Puerto Rico involved looking at the individual’s ability to speak, read, write, and understand English.

Though 95 percent of Puerto Ricans speak Spanish at home, according to the rules a Spanish-speaking nurse in Puerto Rico would be considered “unskilled,” the OIG said.

The SSA told the OIG that the rules are applied one-size-fits-all.

“SSA managers at various disability decision levels stated Social Security is a national program, and the grids must be applied to the national economy, regardless of local conditions,” the audit said.

The SSA takes into account an individual’s education level when considering awarding disability benefits if they do not qualify for medical reasons. Part of the education requirement involves looking at a person’s ability to speak English, to determine whether it limits his ability to find a job.

Last year Sen. Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.) raised concerns that the Obama administration was broadly applying the education rule under the Social Security Act to allow individuals to receive disability payments solely because they cannot speak English.

He noted that the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) rolls swelled 230 percent between 2000 and 2010, while the U.S. population only grew 9.7 percent.

Former SSA judges have also testified that individuals have been approved for disability in the United States without having to prove they cannot speak English.

The hundreds of Puerto Ricans noted in the OIG’s report have received disability insurance despite a 1987 U.S. District Court ruling that appears to contradict the SSA’s policy. Benefits were denied on the grounds that “it is the ability to communicate in Spanish, not English, that is vocationally important in Puerto Rico.”

“It should be noted, however, that the court explicitly declined to apply this rationale outside of this one case,” the OIG said.

The SSA agreed with the OIG’s recommendations to figure out how many individuals have been “awarded disability based on their inability to communicate in English,” and to “evaluate the appropriateness” of applying the English-speaking rules to Puerto Rico.

The SSA is currently gathering information for a proposed regulation that “could lead to changes” to the English-speaking rule, the agency said.
Feds Consider Puerto Ricans Disabled Because They Speak Spanish Washington Free Beacon

 

[Stephanie]

I think I beat you by a few minuets dear

Feds Consider Puerto Ricans Disabled Because They Speak Spanish US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum

 

[depotoo]

Why is anyone getting disability benefits for not speaking English? It is absurd! If people really feel we need to help them for their lack of motivation to learn it, then rather than disability payments send them to esl classes, for pete's sake!

 

[Theowl32]

Why is anyone getting disability benefits for not speaking English? It is absurd! If people really feel we need to help them for their lack of motivation to learn it, then rather than disability payments send them to esl classes, for pete's sake!

It is simple. It is how the democrats have been getting minorities to vote for them for over 50 years.

Read my signature, from LBJ 50 years ago.

The morons on the left are willful puppets. They are not worth a bag of shit.

 

[depotoo]

It just makes you wonder what else is out there we haven't yet heard about. No wonder there is lack of drive and motivation in our once great country, today. Sit around and you get rewarded.

Why is anyone getting disability benefits for not speaking English? It is absurd! If people really feel we need to help them for their lack of motivation to learn it, then rather than disability payments send them to esl classes, for pete's sake!

It is simple. It is how the democrats have been getting minorities to vote for them for over 50 years.

Read my signature, from LBJ 50 years ago.

The morons on the left are willful puppets. They are not worth a bag of shit.

 

[Theowl32]

It just makes you wonder what else is out there we haven't yet heard about. No wonder there is lack of drive and motivation in our once great country, today. Sit around and you get rewarded.

Why is anyone getting disability benefits for not speaking English? It is absurd! If people really feel we need to help them for their lack of motivation to learn it, then rather than disability payments send them to esl classes, for pete's sake!

It is simple. It is how the democrats have been getting minorities to vote for them for over 50 years.

Read my signature, from LBJ 50 years ago.

The morons on the left are willful puppets. They are not worth a bag of shit.

Oh, there are liberal think tanks trying to figure out new and exciting ways to divide whenever and where ever they can.

Hence, the reason why there is any sort of scenario where a WHITE COP shoots a MINORITY, they mobilize their provocateurs and community organizers and race to that area with endless signs.

They then set up voter registration tables.

They push the narrative day and night for weeks. The media falls right in line playing out their role as the praetorian sentinels they are. Regardless of the truth, the narrative is established, the moronic sheep fall for it hook line and sinker and their voting base expands.

Which, is one reason in a long list of reasons I literally piss on a liberals grave. Which I do btw.

 

[JakeStarkey]

The Free Beacon?

 

[depotoo]

That is just sick.

It just makes you wonder what else is out there we haven't yet heard about. No wonder there is lack of drive and motivation in our once great country, today. Sit around and you get rewarded.

Why is anyone getting disability benefits for not speaking English? It is absurd! If people really feel we need to help them for their lack of motivation to learn it, then rather than disability payments send them to esl classes, for pete's sake!

It is simple. It is how the democrats have been getting minorities to vote for them for over 50 years.

Read my signature, from LBJ 50 years ago.

The morons on the left are willful puppets. They are not worth a bag of shit.

Oh, there are liberal think tanks trying to figure out new and exciting ways to divide whenever and where ever they can.

Hence, the reason why there is any sort of scenario where a WHITE COP shoots a MINORITY, they mobilize their provocateurs and community organizers and race to that area with endless signs.

They then set up voter registration tables.

They push the narrative day and night for weeks. The media falls right in line playing out their role as the praetorian sentinels they are. Regardless of the truth, the narrative is established, the moronic sheep fall for it hook line and sinker and their voting base expands.

Which, is one reason in a long list of reasons I literally piss on a liberals grave. Which I do btw.

 

[depotoo]

How is this, from a lawyer-
Inability to Speak English and Social Security Disability
Social Security Disability Law: Inability to Speak English

The Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Medical-Vocational Guidelines (Grids) provide that in some instances where a claimant is limited to sedentary or light work and is unable to communicate in English, the claimant is deemed disabled.

The Free Beacon?

 

[guno]

Man, how cool is it living in the ObamaNation

SNIP:
95 percent of Puerto Ricans speak Spanish




BY: Elizabeth Harrington
April 6, 2015 2:25 pm


The Social Security Administration (SSA) approved disability benefits for hundreds of Puerto Ricans because they do not speak English, despite the fact that Puerto Rico is a predominantly Spanish-speaking territory.

According to a new audit by the Office of Inspector General (OIG), the agency is misapplying rules that are intended to provide financial assistance to individuals who are illiterate or cannot speak English in the United States. Under the rules, Puerto Ricans are allowed to receive disability benefits for their inability to speak English as well.

“We found the Agency did not make exceptions regarding the English-language grid rules for claimants who reside in Puerto Rico, even though Spanish is the predominant language spoken in the local economy,” the OIG said.

The audit said a person applying for disability in Puerto Rico who cannot speak English “may increase his/her likelihood of receiving disability benefits.”

The agency does not currently have a system in place to keep track of the number of beneficiaries who receive disability insurance for not being able to speak English.

However, the OIG was able to identify 218 cases between 2011 and 2013 where Puerto Ricans were awarded disability due to “an inability to communicate in English.” Furthermore, 4 percent of disability hearings in Puerto Rico involved looking at the individual’s ability to speak, read, write, and understand English.

Though 95 percent of Puerto Ricans speak Spanish at home, according to the rules a Spanish-speaking nurse in Puerto Rico would be considered “unskilled,” the OIG said.

The SSA told the OIG that the rules are applied one-size-fits-all.

“SSA managers at various disability decision levels stated Social Security is a national program, and the grids must be applied to the national economy, regardless of local conditions,” the audit said.

The SSA takes into account an individual’s education level when considering awarding disability benefits if they do not qualify for medical reasons. Part of the education requirement involves looking at a person’s ability to speak English, to determine whether it limits his ability to find a job.

Last year Sen. Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.) raised concerns that the Obama administration was broadly applying the education rule under the Social Security Act to allow individuals to receive disability payments solely because they cannot speak English.

ALL of it here:
Feds Consider Puerto Ricans Disabled Because They Speak Spanish Washington Free Beacon

So Obama is paying Hispanics to be ignorant.

You really think speaking Spanish is "ignorant"?

Damn. You really are ignorant.

And, by your "logic", so is Jeb (The Hispanic) Bush.

A product of inbreeding, no doubt

 

[JakeStarkey]

How is this, from a lawyer-
Inability to Speak English and Social Security Disability
Social Security Disability Law: Inability to Speak English

The Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Medical-Vocational Guidelines (Grids) provide that in some instances where a claimant is limited to sedentary or light work and is unable to communicate in English, the claimant is deemed disabled.

The Free Beacon?

So? A disablity lawyer and The Free Beacon?

 

[SwimExpert]

OMG, it's totally Obama's fault that a law passed decades before Obama took office has resulted in undesirable consequences. Let's sit around and play with our dicks while we complain about it. That would be much better than passing legislation that would fix this insane loophole.

 

[A Perez]

Very nice.

Puerto Ricans who can t speak English qualify as disabled for Social Security - The Washington Post

 

[Hossfly]

Very nice.

Puerto Ricans who can t speak English qualify as disabled for Social Security - The Washington Post

This same subject and source was posted a few days ago in current events

.Govt hands out disability benefits if you can't speak english! Even if you live in puerto rico | US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum

 

[Brian_1349]

Hundreds of Puerto Rico’s residents qualified for federal disability benefits in recent years because they lacked fluency in English, according to government auditors.

Puerto Ricans who can t speak English qualify as disabled for Social Security - The Washington Post

What is disability? It is a physical or mental precondition. Do these people have it? Clearly not. Our government could have easily established English language courses in Puerto Rico, creating additional jobs and at the same time transforming local inhabitants from a bunch of dependents to people gaining valuable work-related skills.
Misuse of social security promotes laziness and parasitism. If you do not want the story with food stamps to repeat itself just recall the practice of social security for everyone in this country.

 

[Moonglow]

No abla Englese...sign me up.......