It it "malingering" when someone disabled to the degree that they cannot sustain themselves live longer than expected? The article is light on details - and mi

It it "malingering" when someone disabled to the degree that they cannot sustain themselves live longer than expected? The article is light on details - and misses a link to the primary source discussed - but emphasizes the degree to which the UK diverges from other countries studied in terms of labor-market participation post-COVID. Missing is any discussion of how the UK's life (and quality-of-life) expectations and rates of disease and disability differ from other countries. The UK has notably high rates of obesity, poor diet, and low rates of physical activity compared to other (non-US) G7 nations. It's also got a National Health System that delivers above-average access to care and pretty good outcomes (but which is struggling with labor and demographic pressures.) Forget malingering, I want to know if the problem here is just that people in the UK are less healthy than in other countries studied, and to what degree this may be offset with better access to care that inflates the share of the population out of the labor market. That might be a prelude to a more honest conversation about society's priorities than a "malingering" framing that blames the disabled.