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> forces its chronically ill and physically incapable into suicide What should I be reading to learn more?
Easy imagine a scenario when someone gets ill and lands in a hospital and "the system" does not pay them their money.
How is the UK different from anywhere else in this regard?
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That assumes all deaths are logged. There are strong financial incentives for relatives to hide a death from the government if it means getting a check every month
It's quite hard to hide a death in the UK. In hospital all deaths are certified, outside of hospital you have the interesting problem of how to deal with the corpse. And in addition to the death register there are also tax filings (including Council Tax, which is a hefty sum and paid monthly), utilities, and other services that require ID. The media do print occasional Capitalist Gothic stories of people who kept a c…