Years ago I worked on a study of workers comp in WV. Half the state was applying for it and getting disability. Not sure where the current stats are on that
I’m sure its worse.
The problem in WV is a ever shrinking population due loss of manufacturing jobs, Zero’s war on coal, always increasing government payroll (city, county & state!), and aging population which means a shrinking tax base. This decreasing tax base has to somehow be reconciled with increasing benefit demands.
There are people in WV getting The Disability for drug addiction. I live one county away from WV. The Disability is the scourge of the hills. It locks people into poverty.