# @thekansascitystar on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CjNlSDWsCuS
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19115554-thekansascitystar-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-10-02T13:00:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kansas City Star (@thekansascitystar) — https://gondola.cc/thekansascitystar

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Michael Begnaud felt confident that the medical exam he needed to help prove he was disabled would go his way.

At age 59, he was a computer IT guy in Liberty who by October 2020 could no longer type on a keyboard without making costly mistakes. He had been fired from his job. Driving was so dangerous, he’d given up his license. He had arthritis, tendinitis, asthma and hearing loss.

But to prove he qualified to receive monthly Social Security Disability benefits, Begnaud was told that he would first have to gather more medical evidence. The Missouri disability office set up an exam at Midwest CES — a private company that since 2012 has been paid more than $7.6 million to conduct medical exams. 

But his appointment at Midwest CES didn’t go as expected. 

In the end, according to a lawsuit, the exam poisoned Begnaud’s application, playing a role in his being denied more than $1,500 a month in sorely needed benefits. The incomplete exam, he said, lasted less than 15 minutes.

Given Midwest CES’s reach, the disability attorneys representing Begnuad suspect that he is likely one among thousands of individuals who were similarly affected — given exams with false findings and perhaps denied Social Security disability benefits as a consequence.

Read more of this investigation at the link in our bio. ✏️ Eric Adler

#KansasCity #Disability #SocialSecurity #Fraud #DisabilityBenefits #LocalNews

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