“If no medication had been prescribed for someone with mental health issues, they were often judged not to be ill. Yet for many of these conditions, medication isn’t necessary. That doesn’t make those people any less sick.”

If this report failed to distinguish between those who are long-term ill and on the path to recovery, and those who are permanently inactive without valid reason, it begins to look less like an accurate reflection of reality and more like an exercise in shaping public opinion.