Paul: Some game system to get undeserved disability payments

Republican Sen. Rand Paul says that some people "game the system" to receive disability payments they don’t deserve.

During a meeting Wednesday with Republican state lawmakers in New Hampshire, Paul said that fraud is a widespread problem in disability programs that help people who are injured at work.

The Democratic National Committee seized on the comments, calling them offensive.

In a later interview with The Associated Press, Paul dismissed the criticism and said the federal government does not do an adequate job policing a system in need of reform.

The Kentucky Republican says his critics are arguing for fraud while he’s arguing for eliminating fraud.

A potential presidential candidate, Paul was visiting early voting New Hampshire for the first time this year.

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