The Backlogs Are Horrible

     From a recent report by Social Security's Office of Inspector General (OIG):


As of March 2016, ODAR [Office of Disability Adjudication and Review] had about 1.1 million pending claims
awaiting
a hearing decision with the average age of 318 days,
measured as the time from the date of the hearing request. The
volume and age of pending hearing cases has increased
since
FY
[Fiscal