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Concern is real about long Covids impact on Americans and disability claims, report says - STAT (No paywall)

The Covid pandemic has been called a “mass-disabling event” since early on — the kind of once-in-a-generation public health crisis that could shape millions of people’s lives forever. But while more people self-identified as disabled since the pandemic began, applications for disability benefits have stayed level, according to data from the Social Security Administration. 

However, long Covid is difficult to map onto the agency’s existing eligibility requirements for disability insurance, says Stephanie Rennane, an economist at the RAND Corporation who’s studied disability benefits. “The severity and duration of the condition can vary a lot, and in ways that we can’t fully predict yet. Even after 4 years, the research landscape in this area is evolving quickly and summary reports like this are a helpful way to translate the state of knowledge into something actionable for policymakers,” she said in an email. 

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