User:CircleGirl/ESACriticismSection

That the WCA was poorly designed, that WCA and the criteria used to determine fitness for work did not offer a realistic perspective on a claimant's ability to work,   that eligibility did not consider a claimant's personal circumstances when deciding if a claimant is fit for work, the number of decisions that were being overturned on appeal,    that assessors were pressured to find claimants fit for work when they did not feel they were,     that ESA is being used to conceal unemployment levels,  that some people were too sick or disabled to work but could not claim because they had not paid enough National Insurance contributions but their household income was too high,  the decision to limit contribution-based ESA claimants who were placed in the WRAG to claiming for one year,, that ESA failed to make predicted savings,  the cost of outsourcing the contract for conducting the WCA,    it said the cost of each WCA had risen from £115 under Atos to £190 under Maximus, to no benefit to the Exchequer. the cuts made to the amount people on ESA received, difficulties with appealing a decision on eligibility,   that claimants were not incentivised to work,                that claimants struggled with the application process,  the use of sanctions for people in the WRAG who may be too unwell to participate in their work-related activities, that the government had unrealistic expectations for disabled people to find work,  that some claimants did not receive enough money to cover their living costs,                  and that ESA WCAs and claims ending were associated with claimant deaths. A United Nations report has been written, which is highly critical of Employment Support Allowance.