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Originally Posted by Beso
Seems totally pointless. How much is it costing to set up?
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That's always the question - when they set these things up, it often ends up costing more to fund and staff than the eventual saving. They usually discover that there's far less "invalid claiming and fraud" going on than they expected. However,they are claiming that for people who are properly assessed as being permanently unable to work, they'll get life-long benefits issued, which would save a fair bit of wasted time and resources. They currently reassess every x-number-of-years even when it's very clear that nothing will have changed whatsoever, which is a total waste of resources. You don't need to "reassess" quadriplegic people or those with significant developmental / learning disability to see if they've magically become able to work.
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