Disability fraud is in the neighborhood of 25-50% because states have an incentive to promote, not stop it

This is from Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis (Link)

Key Stats

Here are some stats from "Unfit for Work"

• Every month 14 million Americans receive a disability check.
• In 1961 the leading cause of disability was heart disease and strokes, totaling 25.7% of cases. Back pain was 8.3% of cases.
• In 2011 the leading cause of disability was a hard to disprove back pain, totaling 33.8% of cases. The second leading cause was an equally difficult to disprove "mental illness" at 19.2%. Strokes and heart disease fell to 10.6%.
• In Hale County Alabama 1 in 4 receive disability checks.
• One thing nearly every case in Hale County Alabama has in common is Dr. Perry Timberlake who defines disability in a rather creative way.
• Once people go onto disability, they almost never go back to work. Fewer than 1 percent of those who were on the federal program for disabled workers at the beginning of 2011 have returned to the workforce. ...