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Waves of pain across Michigan’s ‘Disability Belt’
Across northern Michigan, a greater percentage of working-age adults are getting long-term disability than anywhere outside the rural South. In a region beset with economic and health woes, tens of thousands of workers have qualified for checks at a rate unrivaled north of Kentucky. SEE FULL STORY.
Source: U.S. Census, Social Security Administration and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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