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Posted: July 04 2004,8:54 am |
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Quote (OceansidePat @ July 04 2004,8:33 am) | Thank God Arnold is the Gov and Grey Sky Davis is gone ..I know your upset and I hope your situation gets resolved but the state was bankruped because of Workmans comp and all the abuses and bullshitter Lawyers its too bad that when someone like yourself has a real issue and needs help the system screws you over...sorry to hear it . |
Well, Arnold made the situation WORSE for the injured worker, and BETTER for the Employers and Insurance companies. Don't let the media fool you, the Insurance companies have been MAKING $$ and the Employers were OK too. Employers would just raise the cost of their service or product to offset the rates. They always Have. As for the attorneys being the ones that have "bankrupt" it, believe me, the state was NOT bankrupt because of the Attorneys. The Attorneys rate is a fixed rate at 13% max of the settlement amount, always has been. And, I feel that EVERY injured worker that has a serious injury, NEEDS a lawyer because without one, the insurance companies and employers would screw the injured worker even more! Now, a minor injury, Ie; Strained muscle, cut finger, sprained ankle, etc. I do not feel that they need a attorney because their chances for a complete recovery are much greater than someone that has a serious injury. I would venture to guess that the biggest problem with the Workmans Comp situation is the skyrocketing Medical costs, in general. They are going up constantly, whether or not it is workmans comp. And, rather than fixing the injured worker asap, they just sit on it and treat injuries with pills, hence extending the injury length of time and resulting in more doctor appointments and more co$t to the insurance companies. Nope, it's not the Attorneys fault, I am VERY glad that I have an Attorney because I would have been screwed long ago without one (The insurance company has denied treatment 2 times already, and the attorney pushed it through for approval). If they are so concerned about the high costs, go after the doctors and make them fix the injury, if possible, as soon as they can. That is all that I wanted in the first place. I never dreamed that I would be out of work for more than a week or two at best, and here I am, 11 months later, no better, no worse. What they need to do to REALLY make a dent in the costs of workmans comp, is to go after the workmans comp fraud! SOmeone says they got hurt on the job, they go to a doctor, nothing shows on x-rays as being injured, worker says they are still in lotsa pain, insurance company ultimately settles and pays out $$ to them. In the meantime, the worker that really has an injury (MRI Showed 3 Herniated discs in my back), gets screwed around by the doctors AND insurance company, and ultimately gets hurt the worst out of everyone involved in the whole stinking process!
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