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Unfit for work

2013-03-24 17:29:00.792148+01 by Dan Lyke 4 comments

NPR Planet Money: Unfit for Work: The startling rise of disability in America.

On how "disability" has become the new welfare, and more.

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#Comment Re: made: 2013-03-24 18:57:42.915418+01 by: m

There has always been poor correlation between back imaging results and back pain experienced, even in studies where economic benefits were corrected for. I sometimes have serious back pain, have had two surgeries. What makes that interesting, is that one of the best things I can do for my back is to hand split five or six cords of wood with a maul every year.

#Comment Re: made: 2013-03-26 17:19:58.612698+01 by: Dan Lyke [edit history]

Courtesy of Medley (actually, via Lyn's Twitter feed, but let's get this back on blogs, hey?) Media Matters looks skeptically at the This American Life/NPR Planet Money series.

#Comment Re: made: 2013-03-26 18:44:14.13442+01 by: Larry Burton

Corrected link. (I think)

#Comment Re: made: 2013-03-26 19:22:49.619055+01 by: Dan Lyke

Fixed mine. Their web site is still screwed up on Firefox, I assume because they're not smart enough to send the proper MIME types, but reads okay on Chrome.

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