ACC Resignations-An Easy Out?

Let’s hope that the resignations of top ACC officials isn’t just an easy out. With the resignations in place, the government can claim that it has dealt with the issues raised by the Bronwyn Pullar affair, and move on with business as usual.

The real issue is that many thousands of claimants are treated like Bronwyn Pullar, or worse. Most of them don’t have friends in high places to help them get justice. As ACC specialists we often hear about people who have been worn down by the ACC machine to the point where they just give up. When broken people languish on sickness benefits for years and years because they can’t get the help they need, we all lose, both economically and from a humanitarian point of view.

When ACC has plenty of money to splash around on public relations consultants to get them out of their own mess, and its political rulers remain focused on a cost saving/surplus producing mentality, there can be little hope of a real change for the better.