Reply #9: Sadly, it is all too easy for SS to discriminate [View All]

[pilgrimsoul]

I have just applied to serve on a local SS board, and just from looking at the 6-page info booklet that came with my application, the process is a maddeningly confusing morass of bureaucracy. I think this structure is deliberate to obfuscate how the process is handled, and to allow special treatment for children of the privileged and well-connected. There are National, State, and regional offices, Local and District Appeal Boards, State AND National Health Advisory Committees, both paid and volunteer positions up and down the ladder -- all with unclear operating relationships and authority. Seriously, the org chart is a frigging circle!

My one hope is that if I'm selected to serve on the SS board, I can have some small impact on making the process more fair, at least in the community where I live.