Bloomberg View has a mostly sensible editorial about the need to reform the Social Security disability insurance program: "Rather than help people manage their disabilities so they can rejoin the labor force, the 1960s-era program cultivates dependency by guaranteeing health insurance and an income for life. The surest way to lose benefits is by getting a job, because monthly income above roughly $1,040 results in dismissal from the program....A 2002 paper by three economists showed that disability applications from the Appalachian coal-mining region increased when energy prices fell."
Bloomberg on Disability
https://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2013/01/bloomberg-on-disability
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