February 14, 2012
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Around 17,000 people set to lose their sickness benefits at the end of the year may be left with empty pockets as Sweden's unemployment insurance funds (a-kassa) struggle to keep up with a backlog of cases during the transition.
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What the F"#¤#" do they know about side effects of the medicine the sick are taking? Some of years ago I had TB and hypertities, was on medication for more than 2 years, side effect was horrible but had to take those medicine without fail or else won't work. Was tired all the time , lost hair, lost weight and look like a walking zombie, was not getting any other help except living on social security money....life damn tough!!!! My wife have to work part-time to make ends meet since we have just came back to Sweden after staying in Malaysia for a couple of years. Thank God I had a dedicated doctor who was handling my case, now I have been totally cured...So I understand how these 17000 sick people feel. And worse of all, They the gorvernment want to start effective from January.
I REALLY HOPE THOSE WHO VOTED FOR THESE DUMB HEADS AS GOVERNMENT got what they bargaiin for. So Good Luck the next voting is coming up soon
I know people who are genuinely very sick and people who are professional work dodgers and experts in claiming every government benefit they can get their hands on, which should go to the people who really need it. This is the same everywhere.
My father was recently, IN THE UK, mis-dignosed with a throat infection which we found out nine months later was cancer and died six months after that. He paid his taxes all his life.
I am rarely sick and I have paid my Taxes for 18 years now and I often wonder how much of those taxes I will see when I get sick or unemployed.
I don't mean to hard on people who are less fortunate with their health, but right now, I think your benefits should be proportional to your payments.
Would that get people back to work or make people work harder? I don't think so.
IT(Info Tech) need to be planned and designed in better way to nab these black sheeps and save millions.
However, adopting the Wall Street tactics of the United States is not the way to go. The only compassion there is for money. Sweden, and the other more enlightened civilized nations, need not descend to that failed level of apathy.
But the proposal definately is not the solution, out of 17000, maybe 13000 are the real sick ones. Come on...they must come up with a better way to deal with that, like surprise visit to the home of these people. Or whaever!!!!
@determined
It is easier to con a psychologist.
A week ago I met this girl who has been off sick for 5 years because of depression. She said that she got depression because she hated her job working in a shop.
I had to bite my tongue and steer clear of the subject for the rest of the evening.
What on earth is "hypertities"? Big breasts?
The fact is that ANYONE can become ill! I have worked hard all my life and at times had two or three jobs on the go. I met a Swedish girl and ended up in Sweden. Unfortunately, through no fault of my own I became ill, but continued to struggle on and work best I could. In the end I was forced to operate a number of times and have had problems since, many of which linked to the inadequacy of the treatment I received here. Bla bla bla I could go on but the point is I am now with a family going to be plunged into poverty. When talking to FK, they say "it's only 3 months, then you can come back to us and be sick again". That is her answer to everything because she doesn't have any answers. The government hasn't made up their minds yet. The plan is to begin in January and they still haven't decided on the rules yet. It is an absolute shambles and a disgrace!
I agree whole heartedly that spongers should be weeded out and sent off to hard labour camps, but the way the system has been introduced will only prolong and even harm many peoples recovery back to full health. This in my opinion will cost even more money in the long run and be a disaster for many.