Canada: Woman With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Denied Disability Benefits

[Sly Saint]

In Chicago Evening Post:

"TORONTO, ON, CANADA – 06-05-2018 (Press Release Jet) — Like many people, Faith always assumed if she fell ill she would be covered by her group benefits insurance company if there ever came a time when she wasn’t able to work. Unfortunately for this 40 year old from Mississauga, she was given a rude awakening when her claim was denied while she was suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome."

http://chicagoeveningpost.com/2018/...-fatigue-syndrome-denied-disability-benefits/

 

[Alvin]

No surprise here
I hope she knows that her insurance company will have someone following her around the rest of her life and will cancel her benefits if she leaves the house more often then they want or walks a longer distance then she "should"

 

[BruceInOz]

That read like an advertisement for a law firm.

 

[JaimeS]

That read like an advertisement for a law firm.

The law firm wrote the press release!

 

[Forbin]

The daily newspaper known as "The Chicago Evening Post" ceased publication... in 1932.

The online entity by the same name showed up less than a year ago. The Wikipedia article on it is somewhat amusing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Evening_Post

 

[Alvin]

The law firm wrote the press release!

How do you know?

The daily newspaper known as "The Chicago Evening Post" ceased publication... in 1932.

The online entity by the same name showed up less than a year ago. The Wikipedia article on it is somewhat amusing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Evening_Post

Weird

 

[Forbin]

Weird

I ran into a "news" website that looked like this once before while following a link to an ME story. It looked very "synthetic" and had a page of "reporters" photographs that made me suspicious of whether those really were their "reporters" or were just some "stock" photos. It seemed like just an attempt to place sponsored stories and to fool people into believing that there actually was some kind of reporting staff.

Conceivably, the whole thing may be being auto-generated by a computer program which might be running who knows how many of these "news" websites - all happily being linked to by the internet's search engines.

If you go to the Chicago Evening Post's website now, the images on the reporters' page are all just generic silhouettes.

 

[Sly Saint]

The law firm wrote the press release!

I just went to the press release link and this popped up:
"Get Your FREE Copy, Dominate Google Today!

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ah well, never mind I'm sure there is someone with ME/CFS in Canada who has had the same experience as 'Faith from Mississauga'.

 

[Dechi]

I just went to the press release link and this popped up:
"Get Your FREE Copy, Dominate Google Today!

Subscribe and Get a FREE copy of "How to Dominate Google SEO Using Press Releases" 2017 Edition."

ah well, never mind I'm sure there is someone with ME/CFS in Canada who has had the same experience as 'Faith from Mississauga'.

There are thousands of people in Canada with the same experience, sadly !

 

[JaimeS]

How do you know?

It mentions it someplace -- bottom of the page maybe? I know I saw it.

 

[Forbin]

It mentions it someplace -- bottom of the page maybe? I know I saw it.

Yes - the disability law firm mentioned in the article seems real enough and is located in Toronto. https://www.sharelawyers.com/

 

[Alvin]

It mentions it someplace -- bottom of the page maybe? I know I saw it.

They are listed as a Media contact

Yes - the disability law firm mentioned in the article seems real enough and is located in Toronto. https://www.sharelawyers.com/

Reminds me very much of ambulance chasers...