Government Making Life Harder For Young People With Ill Mental Health And Cancer PatientsThe Green Party says the Government’s changes to Jobseeker benefit eligibility for young people will cut support for thousands of disabled, injured and sick young people. This follows Louise Upston today revealing that almost 70% of young people on Jobseeker Support (Health Condition, Injury or Disability) have a psychiatric or psychological condition.” You don’t make mental health better by taking away income,” says Green Party Social Development spokesperson Ricardo Menéndez March. "Taking income away from people who are already struggling with their mental health or battling cancer will not improve their wellbeing. New Zealanders struggling with illness, disability and ill mental health need more support, not less," says Ricardo Menéndez March.