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No you wouldn't. You simply don't grant them disability benefits when they could still work even if it's not in their previous profession.
Not all injuries or things that keep people from working are readily apparent just from looking at somebody.
A lot of people are in intense pain or suffering and you can't see it. A coal miner with black lung, for example, often looks just like anybody else.
Not all injuries or things that keep people from working are readily apparent just from looking at somebody.
A lot of people are in intense pain or suffering and you can't see it. A coal miner with black lung, for example, often looks just like anybody else.
I never said that there wasn't anyone that should be eligible. If you are a bricklayer and blow out your knee's, O.K., you can no longer lay bricks but you can still answer a phone.
So what you're saying here is 10% more West Virginians have to collect disability than the average of other states. Why would that be surprising? Typically, West Virginians work at more hazzardous occupations than they do elsewhere... coal miners, chemical workers, lumberjacks and so forth... these are dangerous things to do.
Let's look at this another way... West Virginia has the lowest percentage of people receiving income maintenance for non-disability reasons.
I never said that there wasn't anyone that should be eligible. If you are a bricklayer and blow out your knee's, O.K., you can no longer lay bricks but you can still answer a phone.
Not necessarily. You might have to take medication that inhibits your ability to do that. Then there is the matter of retraining. Not everyone is suitable for retraining. The matter is far more complex that you seem to want to make it.
Not necessarily. You might have to take medication that inhibits your ability to do that. Then there is the matter of retraining. Not everyone is suitable for retraining. The matter is far more complex that you seem to want to make it.
However, if you were id imagine you would try to deny more people and come down hard on the whole system. You are not a person who is sympathetic to the plight of blue collar workers.
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Nobody said you were.
However, if you were id imagine you would try to deny more people and come down hard on the whole system. You are not a person who is sympathetic to the plight of blue collar workers.
Being sympathetic does not mean refusing to acknowledge the problem.
It is apparent to everyone that the disability system is fraught with abuse and fraud. We need to go after people who are receiving payments based on fraudulent claims. But that alone is not enough. We also need to go after attorney's who are happy to defraud the legal system and law judges who are, at best, incompetent and at worst, getting kickbacks for delivering favorable decision.
Being sympathetic does not mean refusing to acknowledge the problem.
It is apparent to everyone that the disability system is fraught with abuse and fraud. We need to go after people who are receiving payments based on fraudulent claims. But that alone is not enough. We also need to go after attorney's who are happy to defraud the legal system and law judges who are, at best, incompetent and at worst, getting kickbacks for delivering favorable decision.
OK go for it. However that is often more expensive to investigate and enforce than the amount it would save.
It would be easier to just have free healthcare so less people go on disability.
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