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Risky IB to ESA transfer may affect DLA, leaked DWP letter reveals
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Breast_Cancer_Survivor wrote: »I answered your question as politely as you are to me.
I'm suing the hospital ie. Northampton General.
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krisskross wrote: »I think it makes sense to amalgamate the testing for the 2 types of disability benefits. Why go to the expense of 2 medicals when one can serve serve the dual purpose.
Well, you would, if you have no clue what you are talking about.[greenhighlight]but it matters when the most senior politician in the land is happy to use language and examples that are simply not true.
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The impact of this is to stigmatise people on benefits,
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krisskross wrote: »But the medical conditions don't change. It is entirely possible to apply the results of one medical to several different sets of criteria.
Since when has it got anything to do with medical conditions, why do you bother to even comment on a area you have not got the first clue about?[greenhighlight]but it matters when the most senior politician in the land is happy to use language and examples that are simply not true.
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The impact of this is to stigmatise people on benefits,
and we should be deeply worried about that[/redtitle](house of lords debate, talking about Cameron)0 -
The DLA reforms are all designed to apply the benefit to those that it was meant for, that why it was thrown around about SS getting the money instead of the claimants: so that only people with mobility and personel care got any help.
No, they are about removing 20 percent of claimaints from the benefit.
IF it was about making sure only the 'genuine' got it, then how ON EARTH could they DECIDE IN ADVANCE THAT 20 PERCENT WERE NOT GENUINE.
It does not take a genius to see, that as they have decided in advance, without any tests, its a scam to simply remove 20 percent of people.IB to ESA is about making the bad back/depression fakers being put where they should be, on JSA if they choose to not work and in that event JSA reforms will make them do something.
No, there is no evidence of that whatsover (apart from propaganda press releases). If anything, ATOS encourages fraud rather than discourages/detects it.DLA was rolled out in 1992 (the year of my accident btw) and it was designed for the needs of disabled people in 1992 and not 2010 when nearly everyone claims to be disabled.
Seriously, whats different now, from then, that means problems are no longer a problem?Whats going to happen is going to happen.
Does not mean its should happen though.[greenhighlight]but it matters when the most senior politician in the land is happy to use language and examples that are simply not true.
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Oldernotwiser wrote: »I am always polite to everybody.
Polite, in a nasty, underhand, sneaky, devious, evil manner perhaps.[greenhighlight]but it matters when the most senior politician in the land is happy to use language and examples that are simply not true.
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The impact of this is to stigmatise people on benefits,
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