Posted on 09/10/2011 4:54:45 PM PDT by WesternCulture
Well the politicos probably need the spaces/permits for their friends...
Yes, you will if you do things “legally” My father was electrocuted on the job and lost both his hands. We sent pictures but still had to have his doctor certify that they hadn’t grown back. On the other hand, we all figure we got our Social Security benefit through him as he collected for 41 years. He wanted to go to work, but would have lost both his ss and union disablity checks if he had tried.
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.- C.S. Lewis
This happened to my hubby- right here in the U.S.A. He lost an arm in Vietnam and a few years ago when the government decided to audit old VA claims he was one of the first ones to get a notice. The notice said he had to report to a VA facility over 200 miles from us to be evaluated to see if his medical condition had improved. He called the VA and asked them if anyone had even bothered to open his file to see what his medical issues were. He shortly got a letter saying his evaluatiion had been canceled. Many people raised a fuss about them going back over old cases when they were so far behind processing new claims for the recent wounded so the whole deal was canceled shortly after that. I was so angry I had planned to call and see if I could get a TV station to report that the VA wanted to see if his arm grew back.
Here’s another Monty Python piece with an amputated leg.
From Jabberwocky starting at about 4:30 or so.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4huQ9rg1kw8
It’s a reasonable procedure. One could have a leg amputated,
then applied for the generous benefits, and finally have the leg
re-attached. Today’s technology can do wonders.
I must admit that I’ve done similar things in my otherwise
colourful history. Free money’s free money!
The gravy train rolls on!
It happens here the US too. My mom has MS and has had it for 22 years (she’s 73). Every two years we have to go to the state with a doctors note to get her placard renewed. We’re in Illinois by the way.
She also pointed out that there are very many prosthetic aids for those lacking limbs today, which also makes it difficult for laymen to know who can manage without a permit and who can't. The title is misleading. It's not about proving if the leg grew back, it's about deciding if his condition is diabling giving that he can use a prosthetic and that prosthetic technology is improving.
I would also point out if he is dibilitated where he can't walk very well, maybe he should be recertified to drive with that dibilitating leg.
Of course, it seems ridiculous. It’s more humorous than anything.
When I lived in the Czech Republic, there was an investigatory arm of the Health Ministry, which I dubbed the “Sick Police”. One time, my ex-wife had a couple of birthmarks removed which she and her doctor had concerns could be potentially cancerous (they weren’t, thank heavens), including one directly under her bra strap. It was considered necessary preventative outpatient surgery, so no problems with coverage.
She took about one and half weeks off work for recovery; 5 days into it, the “Sick Police” showed up to make sure she was indeed genuinely recuperating at home. The visit only took less than 10 minutes, and as she explained to me, it was to ensure that people weren’t goldbricking and scamming the system. It was unique for me at the time, so this story sounds like the Swedish version of it. Incidentally, the Czech health system covered (I don’t know if it still does) house calls for the infirm. I never used it myself, but it was ok as far as centralized health systems go....the total wait time from request to approval for my ex-wife’s outpatient treatment was 10 days.
I’m a typical enough guy......I only go to the doctor (or dentist) when I’m truly ill or in pain.
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