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$100 Million for the Brain…How Much to Prevent Spending on Back Problems?

April 3rd, 2013

Here’s how the Disability Pie comes out.  Total spent on Disability Insurance: $132.3 billion in 2011.

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That comes out to $43.5 billion — in just one year– for BACK PROBLEMS (Musculoskeletal).  How much are we spending on research of methods to prevent and/or cure back problems?  I can’t find the answer to that one.

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