I haven’t heard anyone discuss this. But the definition of “dissability” (or maybe the interpretation) has significantly changed.
I know people on permanent disability that have gamed the system. In one case, a dad who is “permanently disabled” coaches his kids and is an avid hunter but is unable to work because of back pain. Should disability recipients be able to bowl? Play golf? Pick-up basketball games? League Softball? Snow Ski?
I’ve heard it described (excused) this way; They are no longer to perform the activities of their primary career, so they are disabled. I know a former nurse who is “disabled” that is able to bowl, carry around children, etc.
The real problem is the markets continuing to swallow unlimited amounts of Baraqqi/Bernanke/Lew minibucks.
This allows the fedgov to issue entitlements funded by fake money and buy elections.
Musculoskeletal complaints are easy to quantify with an MRI. My MRI shows that my spine is falling apart, Degenerative Disc Disease, and you know pain comes with it. Hubby’s MRI shows a collapsed disc with the 3 above it going also. Of course there is pain. Just saying your back hurts shouldn’t cut it unless there is an MRI which shows why there is pain.