the government “checking in” on disabled people to make sure were still disabled is one of the most demeaning and humiliating things out there, how is there no checkbox that says “this persons disability is lifelong and incurable” why do you think people’s amputated limbs will grow back, are you on the hunt for the return of jesus christ and your way of catching him is hoping that the blind will see again????
i worked at a place responsible for approving a very specific benefit and one of the doctors asked exactly that and the mind boggling answer was that this is to “avoid fraud”
you don’t have a leg? come back every 2-4 years because fuck you
the doctor was justifiably upset by that and tried to argue this is pointless and bloats our workload (like 90% of what we did was renewing the benefits for people who already had it, some benefits have to be renewed YEARLY) and was immediately shut down and realized the government would rather spend millions bothering sick and disabled people than let a single one who “does not deserve it enough” get it
the super expensive benefit we handled? the fucking bus.
like someone is going to fake medical documents and our super specific required exams just to not pay the equivalent of 1 USD on a bus ride
I’m Brazilian but i have no reason to believe it’s any different anywhere else