Invalids benefit eligibilty criteria unchanged
Wednesday, 10 September 2003, 10:23 am
Press Release: New Zealand Government
Invalids benefit eligibilty criteria unchanged
Claims in
a media released issued by Act MP Muriel Newman yesterday
that changes to the eligibility criteria for the invalids
benefit have resulted in 940 substance abusers receiving the
benefit are inaccurate.
The eligibility criteria for the
invalids benefit remain unchanged and are the same rules
that applied under the previous National-led
government.
The criteria continue to state that in order
to qualify for the invalids benefit, an applicant must
satisfy a medical practitioner designated by Work and Income
(not their usual general practitioner) that they have an
impairment which prevents them from working for more than 15
hours per
week.
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