Frontline
Season 1, Episode 21: Who Decides Disability?
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Frontline investigates the Reagan administration's effort to remove tens of thousands of people from the Social Security disability rolls. Disabled people face personal hardship and bureaucratic indifference as they take their cases to the courts and to Congress.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
An Unauthorized History of the NFL
Episode 2
88 Seconds in Greensboro
Episode 3
In the Shadow of the Capitol
Episode 4
A Chinese Affair
Episode 5
God's Banker
Episode 6
Pentagon, Inc.
Episode 7
Gunfight USA
Episode 8
Children of Pride
Episode 9
A Journey to Russia
Episode 10
Daisy - Story of a Facelift
Episode 11
Space - The Race for High Ground
Episode 12
Abortion Clinic
Episode 13
Crisis in Zimbabwe
Episode 14
Air Crash
Episode 15
Looking for Mao
Episode 16
Israel: Between the River and the Sea
Episode 17
In Our Water
Episode 18
Vietnam Memorial
Episode 19
For the Good of All
Episode 20
The Russians are Here
Episode 21
Who Decides Disability?
Episode 22
Crossfire in El Salvador
Episode 23
Sanctuary
Episode 24
Moneylenders
Episode 25
Klaus Barbie: the American Connection