{"id":357,"date":"2011-09-21T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/?p=357"},"modified":"2011-09-21T10:40:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-21T14:40:00","slug":"the-human-face-of-disability-and-one-of-the-doctors-assessing-it-the-pump-handle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/?p=357","title":{"rendered":"The human face of disability &#8211; and one of the doctors assessing it : The Pump Handle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/thepumphandle\/2011\/09\/the_human_face_of_disability_-.php?utm_source=networkbanner&amp;utm_medium=link\">The human face of disability &#8211; and one of the doctors assessing it : The Pump Handle<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you hold a job right now, here&#8217;s something to think about: If you became disabled and were no longer able to work, how would you pay your bills? If your disability were due to an on-the-job injury or an occupational illness, you might be able to get workers&#8217; compensation benefits. But what if you were paralyzed after falling down a flight of stairs at home or suffering a stroke? If you&#8217;re lucky, you&#8217;ll have disability insurance, which some employers offer as a benefit. But for most people whose ability to work becomes compromised before they&#8217;re able to retire, disability payments from Social Security become a crucial source of income. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">A sobering look at the  Social Security Disability Income program. Our safety net is strung so that most of it lies on the ground.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The human face of disability &#8211; and one of the doctors assessing it : The Pump Handle: &#8220;If you hold a job right now, here&#8217;s something to think about: If &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/?p=357\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The human face of disability &#8211; and one of the doctors assessing it : The Pump Handle&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-social-security"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}