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"Disability" and Medicaid are federal programs that are funded by the states.  Each state can choose to fund them as little or much as they choose.  In Maryland, even severely disabled children do not get disability payments unless their parents are destitute.  I can tell you (and I have a severely disabled child) that no working parents receive disability payments.  If you are talking about LISS money which can be used to pay for therapies, that is $2,000 per year, and it is done by lottery.  You can't possibly be serious that middle class kids will mild issues are receiving funds to pay for multiple classes, etc.  That's BS.[/quote]

Disability is actually a federal program through social security.  Due to medical treatments (cancer), I was on disability for 2 years.  I had disability insurance, but was required to apply for SSDI, which was fast tracked and approved (cancer is often fast-tracked).  What I learned is there is a lot of ambiguity:  pain -- my back hurts so I can't work.  There is no way to disprove the pain.  So, people get the disability.

(Oh, and while I was on disability, my insurance/ssdi only paid 60% of my income (received 100K); long term that would work in Alabama, but not in northern VA.  Drained my savings and ran up debt.  But I am alive and working (same job) today).[/quote]

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