The meanwhile

Set how long a contested decision takes, what happens meanwhile, and who can make the rule change. The page shows who carries each month and what someone would have to authorize.

While a decision is contested, it either stands and the person lives with it, or it is suspended and the institution carries the uncertainty. Neither decides who is right; both decide who pays in the meantime. A win reaches the rule only if someone counts the wins and can make the rule stop.

How long until the appeal is decided?
What happens while it is contested?
Who does the work of the appeal?
Who counts the decisions that are overturned?
Who can stop the rule?

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The result

A worked example, until you change something above.

One person, a wrong decision, and an appeal that wins in 8 months. Shaded months are months without the payment.

  1. 1Month 1: without the payment
  2. 2Month 2: without the payment
  3. 3Month 3: without the payment
  4. 4Month 4: without the payment
  5. 5Month 5: without the payment
  6. 6Month 6: without the payment
  7. 7Month 7: without the payment
  8. 8Month 8: without the payment, the appeal wins

8 months without the payment, carried by the person while the institution decided whether it had made an error.

One person’s wait

  1. Month 0The decision. The payment stops.
  2. Months 1 to 8The person lives without it while the appeal runs. The person does the work of the appeal.8 months
  3. Month 8The appeal wins. Back pay can return the money. It does not return the months.

The next person under the same rule

  • blockedThe win is counted: no one counts it.
  • blockedThe count reaches someone who can act: there is no count to reach anyone.
  • blockedThe rule can be stopped: no one can order it.

The rule runs on the next case unchanged. The win corrected one file, and no one is counting the files.

What someone would have to authorize

Nothing. This is the default, the one most arrangements run without saying they chose it.

The rules this model runs

  • The original decision was wrong, and the appeal wins. The model does not estimate how often that is so.
  • Months without the payment equal the wait if the decision stands, and zero if it is suspended.
  • The rule changes only on a path that can bind: a count kept outside the program, reaching a body that can order a stop.
  • There are no probabilities, costs or numbers of people here, and the months are the ones you set. It illustrates an argument; it models no agency.

A run, copy, print or shared link is a usage signal. It shows the instrument reached someone. It does not show that a rule, decision or institution changed.

Where the claim is argued

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