Ontario is not doing enough to verify that people receiving disability benefits are actually eligible, with most approved applications marked “disabled for life” and very few ever reviewed, the auditor general has found. “Clearly we’ve seen a steep increase in the number of people receiving ODSP and we want to ensure that those who are receiving ODSP actually should be receiving ODSP,” he said. More than 40 per cent of applicants are confirmed as disabled after only a cursory review of their file, the auditor found. In the past 10 years, Ontario has overpaid ODSP recipients by nearly $1.1 billion and written off about $400 million in overpayments, the report found. Sign Up NowYOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...New Democrat John Vanthof said a lot of people are already falling through the cracks in the ODSP system and have a hard time accessing services.

Source: thestar December 05, 2019 22:05 UTC