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Patients with long COVID fight for disability benefits
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The Biden administration in July 2021 recognized long COVID can be a disability
A legal battleground driven by pandemic victims too sick to work but who must fight insurers to prove they’re sick enough to deserve disability benefits is evolving. "We have right now probably hundreds of these cases from around the country," said attorney Barbara Comerford. "...people who are scared and they come to us and say, 'Do they really think I would make this up?'”
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Patients with long COVID fight for disability benefits
Clip: 10/31/2022 | 4m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
A legal battleground driven by pandemic victims too sick to work but who must fight insurers to prove they’re sick enough to deserve disability benefits is evolving. "We have right now probably hundreds of these cases from around the country," said attorney Barbara Comerford. "...people who are scared and they come to us and say, 'Do they really think I would make this up?'”
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