Leave it to a bunch of lefty-liberals to fight any system that makes it harder for fakers to draw a check... and requires some sort of verification to receive benefits.
New system... meaning you actually have to be disabled?
Wasn't that the exact aim of the reforms?
Reduce the benefits of those claiming total disability without proof. The infamous soft tissue ploy.
What is a "permanently disabled worker"? Are these people victims of industrial accidents that leave them deaf-blind quadriplegics?
If a bicycle messenger gets tangled with a bus and loses a leg, is he entitled to live off the taxpayers for the rest of his life, or shouldn't he find something else to do such as painting cars, teaching English as a second language, tuning pianos, etc?
GET OFF YOUR DEAD A## AND ON YOUR DYING FEET AND GO TO WORK TO SUPPORT YOURSELF.
I wonder how this new level of "diminished" benefits compares to the country at large.