Social Security Disability applicants upset over speedy medical exams

A classic case of the government using poorly administered Social Security medical disability exams to -- you guessed it -- reject claims is happening in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The Charlotte Observer newspaper interviewed more than 40 current and former Social Security Disability applicants across the region, and more than half described their visits to the doctor as hasty, inadequate or unusual.

"One applicant said a physician tried to persuade her to become a Seventh-day Adventist.  Another said he suffered heart problems, but the doctor never bothered to check his heart."

This a particularly heart-wrenching story because for many people, applying for medical disability is the last step before bankruptcy and losing everything they have.