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Blue states have more mental disorder. EVIL
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8Z8FMDCMAI5mtR.jpg:largeIf u don't see the blue/red state correlations of Federal mental disability recipients u need ur head examined
Mental illness is no joking matter. But a story by the Cybercast News Service makes it clear that there is a political difference in who collects Social Security disability payments for physical ailments and who collects for mental disorders.
From CNS:
Disabled beneficiaries have increased 49.7 percent from a decade ago in 2003 when there were 6,830,714 beneficiaries; and the number is up 14.3 percent from the 8,945,376 beneficiaries in 2009, the year President Obama took office.
The largest "diagnostic group" for disabled beneficiaries was a mental disorder. Of the 10,228,364 disabled people receiving federal disability benefits in December 2013, according to the report, 3,599,417, or 35.2 percent, were diagnosed with a mental disorder.
"Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue” problems accounted for the second largest group of disabled beneficiaries. Of the 10,228,364 disabled people receiving federal disability benefits in December 2013, 2,829,808, or 27.7 percent, had been diagnosed with a musculoskeletal problem.
Now we can debate why mental disorders appear to be on the rise. Physical disorders may be on the decline due to better treatment or more employment opportunities for the handicapped -- or some combination.
But let us not overlook the obvious opportunities for fraud. It is easier to fake mental illness than a physical handicap.
Nevertheless the difference between blue states and red states in mental disorders as a percentage of disabilities is very telling.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8Z8FMDCMAI5mtR.jpg:largeIf u don't see the blue/red state correlations of Federal mental disability recipients u need ur head examined
Mental illness is no joking matter. But a story by the Cybercast News Service makes it clear that there is a political difference in who collects Social Security disability payments for physical ailments and who collects for mental disorders.
From CNS:
Disabled beneficiaries have increased 49.7 percent from a decade ago in 2003 when there were 6,830,714 beneficiaries; and the number is up 14.3 percent from the 8,945,376 beneficiaries in 2009, the year President Obama took office.
The largest "diagnostic group" for disabled beneficiaries was a mental disorder. Of the 10,228,364 disabled people receiving federal disability benefits in December 2013, according to the report, 3,599,417, or 35.2 percent, were diagnosed with a mental disorder.
"Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue” problems accounted for the second largest group of disabled beneficiaries. Of the 10,228,364 disabled people receiving federal disability benefits in December 2013, 2,829,808, or 27.7 percent, had been diagnosed with a musculoskeletal problem.
Now we can debate why mental disorders appear to be on the rise. Physical disorders may be on the decline due to better treatment or more employment opportunities for the handicapped -- or some combination.
But let us not overlook the obvious opportunities for fraud. It is easier to fake mental illness than a physical handicap.
Nevertheless the difference between blue states and red states in mental disorders as a percentage of disabilities is very telling.
