Murder in the cathedral revisited: President Reagan and the mentally disabled.

摘要: A key objective of the Reagan administration when it took office in 1981 was to decrease domestic spending. Intending offer new "a little bit a present," employees General Accounting Office, an arm Congress, identified ineligible Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries as possible source billions dollars savings annu- ally. Subsequently administration's Office Management and Budget instructed Administration begin, on accelerated schedule, eligibility reviews authorized by Amendments 1980. One-fourth 130,500 dropped from rolls during first full year were mentally impaired, although impaired constituted only one-ninth SSDI beneficiaries. The reaction mental health advocacy groups, courts turned present" into major problem for administration, various components government tha...