Day By Day© by Chris Muir.Thursday, September 16, 2004
In Italy, the Court of Cassation, the highest court of appeal, has determined that obese Italians qualify for disability benefits.
The judges said that the decision on individual cases should be based on the individual's corporeal mass, a figure obtained by dividing the person's weight in kilograms by his or her height in metres squared. In the case of Rita G, the result is the extraordinary figure of 57.7, while the normal parameters of invalidity through obesity are between 35 and 40.Do you have any idea what a decision like this would do to our country? Social Security disability wouldn't last two years before it would be totally depleted. Sure, I believe the Social Security disability process could be overhauled and improved, but a move such as in Italy would be devastating.
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