{"id":20874,"date":"2013-07-02T08:01:19","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T12:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/?p=20874"},"modified":"2013-07-02T08:01:19","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T12:01:19","slug":"600-lirr-retirees-to-lose-disability-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/600-lirr-retirees-to-lose-disability-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"600 LIRR retirees to lose disability pay","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-20877\" style=\"margin: 4px 8px\" alt=\"mta_long-island-railroad-logo[1]\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mta_long-island-railroad-logo1.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mta_long-island-railroad-logo1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mta_long-island-railroad-logo1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>About 600 Long Island Rail Road retirees will lose their disability benefits after a federal agency voted last week to halt the payments, amid a sweeping investigation into what prosecutors have called a major disability fraud scheme, according to agency documents and officials.<\/p>\n<p>The agency, the United States Railroad Retirement Board, which over more than a decade granted disability benefits to hundreds of railroad retirees based on fraudulent medical evidence with little scrutiny, took the action on Thursday during a five-minute meeting at its headquarters in Chicago. The vote approved procedures under which the board will cut off the benefits, which, officials said, are costing the agency $2 million a month.<\/p>\n<p>Read the complete article at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/07\/02\/nyregion\/600-long-island-rail-road-retirees-lose-disability-pay-in-us-inquiry.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 600 Long Island Rail Road retirees will lose their disability benefits after a federal agency voted last week to halt the payments, amid a sweeping investigation into what prosecutors have called a major disability fraud scheme, according to agency documents and officials. 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