Number Drawing Disability Benefits Declines 1.13% In 2016

     The final numbers for calendar year 2016 are in. By the end of 2016 there were 1.13% fewer people receiving Social Security disability benefits than at the end of 2015. That's 100,694 people. This is happening at a time when the aging of the baby boom generation should still be causing increasing numbers of people receiving disability benefits.
     There are three main reasons this is