Why are so many Americans on disability?

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Anonymous wrote:Because we don't have Universal Healthcare, people get hurt or have substandard care, and then they are unable to work very much.

One of my friends had a spinal stroke, the red state hospital near her completely misdiagnosed her so it took her a while to get help, and then she had to beg for money from friends and relatives until SSDI finally came through for her two years later. 5 years later she is now almost on her way towards physically being able to work part time.


If we had Universal Healthcare, we would tip over. There's not enough money in the world for that.

You have half the population not paying income taxes and you want to dole out free health care to everyone. Seriously, why should anyone bother working at all?

You would have to raise taxes, immediately. If you look at Universal Health Care in European countries, you'll quickly find their tax code is not nearly as progressive as ours. IOW, everyone pays.

Even if you raise taxes, you don't have the medical and health care workers to service the demand, so you would have long wait times. We already have that for medical specialists. You'd have to ration care.

Who the hell is going to wait in line for months-years, while paying a substantial amount of their pay for non-existent health care (non-existent for them, because anytime they call upon it, they're told to wait indefinitely).

Once again, why should anyone bother working at all?



"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."

- Marcus Aurelius




Somehow every first world country has figured out how to do Universal Health Care but the United States.

Guess the US isn't so great after all..


If you actually read people's experience with universal healthcare in these countries, it's far from perfect or figured out.
It seems that routine care, yes, universal healthcare works.
Once a person needs specialized care of any type, that's where things don't work so well.
Also people believe specialized care is for only very complex cases and that isn't true.


As someone who sees specialists regularly, I have to wait months to see them, especially if I’m a new patient.


blame the AMA education cartels
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Because we don't have Universal Healthcare, people get hurt or have substandard care, and then they are unable to work very much.

One of my friends had a spinal stroke, the red state hospital near her completely misdiagnosed her so it took her a while to get help, and then she had to beg for money from friends and relatives until SSDI finally came through for her two years later. 5 years later she is now almost on her way towards physically being able to work part time.


If we had Universal Healthcare, we would tip over. There's not enough money in the world for that.

You have half the population not paying income taxes and you want to dole out free health care to everyone. Seriously, why should anyone bother working at all?

You would have to raise taxes, immediately. If you look at Universal Health Care in European countries, you'll quickly find their tax code is not nearly as progressive as ours. IOW, everyone pays.

Even if you raise taxes, you don't have the medical and health care workers to service the demand, so you would have long wait times. We already have that for medical specialists. You'd have to ration care.

Who the hell is going to wait in line for months-years, while paying a substantial amount of their pay for non-existent health care (non-existent for them, because anytime they call upon it, they're told to wait indefinitely).

Once again, why should anyone bother working at all?



"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."

- Marcus Aurelius




Somehow every first world country has figured out how to do Universal Health Care but the United States.

Guess the US isn't so great after all..


If you actually read people's experience with universal healthcare in these countries, it's far from perfect or figured out.
It seems that routine care, yes, universal healthcare works.
Once a person needs specialized care of any type, that's where things don't work so well.
Also people believe specialized care is for only very complex cases and that isn't true.


And the US is subsiding the world healthcare cost I would love to stop doing that, watch universal healthcare fall apart
Anonymous
Gym classes in schools have stopped trying to get kids to participate in physical fitness tests because parents would complain that their child overheated from running too much. In the 80s we were made to run the mile, 50 yd dash, complete calisthenics, pull ups, etc. kids can’t do this today. So now gum class involves simply walking slowly around a track.
Anonymous
College students: 38% of them label themselves as disabled:

https://nationaldisabilitycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Student-Access-Report-2025-Accessible.pdf

If you remove international students from the survey, the rate is even higher than 38%.

Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:College students: 38% of them label themselves as disabled:

https://nationaldisabilitycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Student-Access-Report-2025-Accessible.pdf

If you remove international students from the survey, the rate is even higher than 38%.



Disability is a scam.
Anonymous
Get kids to be able to complete running a mile in less than 8 min and they will be on the right track. Let’s try to stop obesity.
Anonymous
OP offered no stats on the number of Americans that are disabled and is probably a troll. Because I was curious about the actual number and wanted to know if it had increased in recent years, I researched it and this is what I found:

The number of Americans on disability benefits has been fairly stable in recent years, with some fluctuations. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) enrollment peaked around 2014 but has since declined slightly, with about 7.3 million receiving benefits in 2024. However, the percentage of people on disability (around 13-14%) has remained relatively stable, with slight increases tied to aging and chronic conditions.

Anonymous
Being 200lb+ is only healthy if you’re 6’5.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Gym classes in schools have stopped trying to get kids to participate in physical fitness tests because parents would complain that their child overheated from running too much. In the 80s we were made to run the mile, 50 yd dash, complete calisthenics, pull ups, etc. kids can’t do this today. So now gum class involves simply walking slowly around a track.


Gym class also got rid of sports units since too many kids didn’t know English, had no clue, were out of shape and uncoordinated so the schools didn’t want to embarrass them.

Now they really won’t know jack about volleyball, gymnastics, basketball or badminton skills or rules.
Anonymous
Yeah it’s basically 10 different types of dodge ball or tag, and my middle schooler doesn’t even know how many hits per side are allowed in volleyball.

I learned that from grade 3 onward in PE class. Before NCLB started.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:College students: 38% of them label themselves as disabled:

https://nationaldisabilitycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Student-Access-Report-2025-Accessible.pdf

If you remove international students from the survey, the rate is even higher than 38%.



Oh my lawrd. Are they counting adhd for testing accommodations?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Because we don't have Universal Healthcare, people get hurt or have substandard care, and then they are unable to work very much.

One of my friends had a spinal stroke, the red state hospital near her completely misdiagnosed her so it took her a while to get help, and then she had to beg for money from friends and relatives until SSDI finally came through for her two years later. 5 years later she is now almost on her way towards physically being able to work part time.


If we had Universal Healthcare, we would tip over. There's not enough money in the world for that.

You have half the population not paying income taxes and you want to dole out free health care to everyone. Seriously, why should anyone bother working at all?

You would have to raise taxes, immediately. If you look at Universal Health Care in European countries, you'll quickly find their tax code is not nearly as progressive as ours. IOW, everyone pays.

Even if you raise taxes, you don't have the medical and health care workers to service the demand, so you would have long wait times. We already have that for medical specialists. You'd have to ration care.

Who the hell is going to wait in line for months-years, while paying a substantial amount of their pay for non-existent health care (non-existent for them, because anytime they call upon it, they're told to wait indefinitely).

Once again, why should anyone bother working at all?



"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."

- Marcus Aurelius




Somehow every first world country has figured out how to do Universal Health Care but the United States.

Guess the US isn't so great after all..


If you actually read people's experience with universal healthcare in these countries, it's far from perfect or figured out.
It seems that routine care, yes, universal healthcare works.
Once a person needs specialized care of any type, that's where things don't work so well.
Also people believe specialized care is for only very complex cases and that isn't true.


And the US is subsiding the world healthcare cost I would love to stop doing that, watch universal healthcare fall apart


Yeah, let’s stop our R&D, though even today half of Boston life sciences is funded by China VC funds.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:We have normalized obesity and there are a multitude of negative effects from lifelong obesity. I would wager that a large percentage of disabled people are obese and suffering the consequences.


This is it.

I scrolled across a video by some plus size Disney park hoppers and ended up doom scrolling for hours. I had no idea this was a thing! But it certainly is.

There's a group of 4 or 5 obese women on TikTok (and YouTube) who test all the rides at Disney to show which are fat friendly. The main person doing all the voiceovers on the videos says that their sizes range from 2x to 5x. They rent mobility scooters at the parks because they can't walk them.

I don't think we should fat shame or make fun of those who are overweight, but we also shouldn't celebrate it and we shouldn't make adaptations to accommodate them. Disney or Delta or Amtrak shouldn't need to design obese seating.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Because we don't have Universal Healthcare, people get hurt or have substandard care, and then they are unable to work very much.

One of my friends had a spinal stroke, the red state hospital near her completely misdiagnosed her so it took her a while to get help, and then she had to beg for money from friends and relatives until SSDI finally came through for her two years later. 5 years later she is now almost on her way towards physically being able to work part time.


If we had Universal Healthcare, we would tip over. There's not enough money in the world for that.

You have half the population not paying income taxes and you want to dole out free health care to everyone. Seriously, why should anyone bother working at all?

You would have to raise taxes, immediately. If you look at Universal Health Care in European countries, you'll quickly find their tax code is not nearly as progressive as ours. IOW, everyone pays.

Even if you raise taxes, you don't have the medical and health care workers to service the demand, so you would have long wait times. We already have that for medical specialists. You'd have to ration care.

Who the hell is going to wait in line for months-years, while paying a substantial amount of their pay for non-existent health care (non-existent for them, because anytime they call upon it, they're told to wait indefinitely).

Once again, why should anyone bother working at all?



"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."

- Marcus Aurelius




Somehow every first world country has figured out how to do Universal Health Care but the United States.

Guess the US isn't so great after all..


If you actually read people's experience with universal healthcare in these countries, it's far from perfect or figured out.
It seems that routine care, yes, universal healthcare works.
Once a person needs specialized care of any type, that's where things don't work so well.
Also people believe specialized care is for only very complex cases and that isn't true.


And the US is subsiding the world healthcare cost I would love to stop doing that, watch universal healthcare fall apart


Yeah, let’s stop our R&D, though even today half of Boston life sciences is funded by China VC funds.

He who pays, controls. Look what mr fauci did when he went to wuhan.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Gym classes in schools have stopped trying to get kids to participate in physical fitness tests because parents would complain that their child overheated from running too much. In the 80s we were made to run the mile, 50 yd dash, complete calisthenics, pull ups, etc. kids can’t do this today. So now gum class involves simply walking slowly around a track.


Gym class also got rid of sports units since too many kids didn’t know English, had no clue, were out of shape and uncoordinated so the schools didn’t want to embarrass them.

Now they really won’t know jack about volleyball, gymnastics, basketball or badminton skills or rules.

And even the ‘athletic’ kids are chubby compared to athletes in the past. Remember when most kids were scrawny? Kids are born huge now. And remain huge.
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