USA Today published two articles regarding the Social Security Disability case backlog on July 29, 2007. The articles are worth reading. They talk about proposed funding increases to help, but once again the money will not solve much of the problem. The articles also list average waiting times for a hearing by the longest and shortest times.
You can link to the articles at http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-07-09-disabled_N.htm?csp=34
For some reason, the link does not find the article. You can search the usatoday website for the July 29, 2007 article regarding social security disability.
You may want to let your congresspeople and united states senators know about these articles also.