{"id":19034,"date":"2021-10-28T08:16:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T12:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19034"},"modified":"2021-10-28T08:17:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T12:17:22","slug":"covid-19-long-haulers-struggle-to-prove-illness-for-disability-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19034","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 long-haulers struggle to prove illness for disability benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By\u00a0Gabrielle Masson for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Americans suffering from &#8220;long COVID&#8221; may qualify for federal disability protection and benefits, but applying and being accepted by the Social Security Administration remains a major obstacle, The New York Times reported Oct. 27.\u00a0 Continue reading the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/public-health\/covid-19-long-haulers-struggle-to-prove-illness-for-disability-benefits.html\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dreamstime_m_175495029coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-virus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15520\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dreamstime_m_175495029coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-virus-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dreamstime_m_175495029coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-virus-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dreamstime_m_175495029coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-virus-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dreamstime_m_175495029coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-virus-1024x537.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dreamstime_m_175495029coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-virus-390x205.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By\u00a0Gabrielle Masson for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Americans suffering from &#8220;long COVID&#8221; may qualify for federal disability protection and benefits, but<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pandemic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19034"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19036,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19034\/revisions\/19036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}