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Unfit for Work: The startling rise of disability in America | Planet Money:
"As far as the federal government is concerned, you're disabled if you have a medical condition that makes it impossible to work. In practice, it's a judgment call made in doctors' offices and courtrooms around the country. The health problems where there is most latitude for judgment -- back pain, mental illness -- are among the fastest growing causes of disability."
"You hear that language of personal choice, not only on the left with
regard to abortion, but for conservatives in opposition to things like SNAP
benefits for unmarried women..."
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"Well, you chose to have this baby while you were poor, and everyone knows
you could have chosen differently — when that could entail not having sex
or kil...
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