fraud
Two whistleblower lawsuits have been filed recently against insurers, faulting them for
requiring unnecessary and repeated disability applications with Social Security before they'll pay out any benefits. One person says her disability insurer, the Unum Group—which was only paying her $50 a month for a temporary injury she was almost certain to recover from—called her 10 times to ask her about her Social Security disability application. The woman told the New York Times "she did not need or want money from Social Security, and did not think she was entitled to it. Her doctors had told her she would recover, and Social Security is limited to people whose disabilities are total and permanent."
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