Comments on: Democrats Seek Delay In New Workers’ Compensation Mandate http://www.rutherfordcountydemocrats.org/2010/01/democrats-seek-delay-in-new-workers-compensation-mandate/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:23:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Levi http://www.rutherfordcountydemocrats.org/2010/01/democrats-seek-delay-in-new-workers-compensation-mandate/comment-page-1/#comment-2325 Levi Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:21:59 +0000 http://www.rutherfordcountydemocrats.org/?p=1689#comment-2325 stephanie, I am a subcontractor and I have medical coverage for on-the-job injuries. Its cheap to add to your personal health insurance policy. I AM COVERED. What this bill does is require unnecessary expensive insurance so that insurance agents like Bill Ketron can line their pockets at our expense. If they wanted a mandate, just mandate that subs must do like I have done - have health coverage that includes on-the-job coverage. Its that simple. Ketron and the republicans are just used this issue to help out their bottom lines and pleasing their big business donors. stephanie,

I am a subcontractor and I have medical coverage for on-the-job injuries. Its cheap to add to your personal health insurance policy. I AM COVERED. What this bill does is require unnecessary expensive insurance so that insurance agents like Bill Ketron can line their pockets at our expense. If they wanted a mandate, just mandate that subs must do like I have done - have health coverage that includes on-the-job coverage. Its that simple. Ketron and the republicans are just used this issue to help out their bottom lines and pleasing their big business donors.

]]> By: stephanie treutlein http://www.rutherfordcountydemocrats.org/2010/01/democrats-seek-delay-in-new-workers-compensation-mandate/comment-page-1/#comment-2324 stephanie treutlein Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:16:04 +0000 http://www.rutherfordcountydemocrats.org/?p=1689#comment-2324 Contrators as well as Subs should be required to have some type of an umbrella med coverage or work comp ins when hiriing anyone to work. If the worker becomes injured as a result of the work, he or she can sue regardless of insurance, which could unfortunatly wipe out one's business. I do not agree with delaying this bill. I do sympathize with anyone that has to purchase due to the warped, inflated amount of any type of health coverage. That is the bigger issue. Contrators as well as Subs should be required to have some type of an umbrella med coverage or work comp ins when hiriing anyone to work. If the worker becomes injured as a result of the work, he or she can sue regardless of insurance, which could unfortunatly wipe out one’s business. I do not agree with delaying this bill. I do sympathize with anyone that has to purchase due to the warped, inflated amount of any type of health coverage. That is the bigger issue.

]]> By: Bill Ketron is an idiot http://www.rutherfordcountydemocrats.org/2010/01/democrats-seek-delay-in-new-workers-compensation-mandate/comment-page-1/#comment-2320 Bill Ketron is an idiot Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:29:58 +0000 http://www.rutherfordcountydemocrats.org/?p=1689#comment-2320 I could understand requiring a waiver be signed by the employee. I could understand having a requirement that businesses above a certain size get insurance. But this is silly, to require a sole contractor or small partnership to get workers comp insurance. If we really wanted to solve this problem, we would make sure that WORKERS are protected. This is about protecting businesses, not protecting workers. I could understand requiring a waiver be signed by the employee. I could understand having a requirement that businesses above a certain size get insurance. But this is silly, to require a sole contractor or small partnership to get workers comp insurance.

If we really wanted to solve this problem, we would make sure that WORKERS are protected. This is about protecting businesses, not protecting workers.

]]> By: Levi http://www.rutherfordcountydemocrats.org/2010/01/democrats-seek-delay-in-new-workers-compensation-mandate/comment-page-1/#comment-2319 Levi Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:21:27 +0000 http://www.rutherfordcountydemocrats.org/?p=1689#comment-2319 Chris, In this case its the individual subcontractors (workers) who are getting shafted. I am a subcontractor myself who works alone and I carry health insurance on myself that includes coverage for on-the-job injuries. But this bill requires me to purchase an addtional workers' comp policy for no reason and the the cheapest policy I have found is $4300. Believe me, taking a needless $4300 hit is tough in the current condidtion of the economy. Me and the other subs I know are having a tough time just scraping by as it is. Bill Ketron and his pro-big business/big insurance friends did this, and it only helps insurance salesman like Ketron. The homebuilders association (mega builders) pushed for it too because they want to force the small guys out of business. Its a win-win for the insurance/big builder lobby. Ketron should be ashamed, but he hasn't even offered a way to fix it. Chris,

In this case its the individual subcontractors (workers) who are getting shafted. I am a subcontractor myself who works alone and I carry health insurance on myself that includes coverage for on-the-job injuries. But this bill requires me to purchase an addtional workers’ comp policy for no reason and the the cheapest policy I have found is $4300. Believe me, taking a needless $4300 hit is tough in the current condidtion of the economy. Me and the other subs I know are having a tough time just scraping by as it is. Bill Ketron and his pro-big business/big insurance friends did this, and it only helps insurance salesman like Ketron. The homebuilders association (mega builders) pushed for it too because they want to force the small guys out of business. Its a win-win for the insurance/big builder lobby. Ketron should be ashamed, but he hasn’t even offered a way to fix it.

]]> By: Chris http://www.rutherfordcountydemocrats.org/2010/01/democrats-seek-delay-in-new-workers-compensation-mandate/comment-page-1/#comment-2318 Chris Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:40:12 +0000 http://www.rutherfordcountydemocrats.org/?p=1689#comment-2318 Now I'm all for sticking it to big business insurance companies and what not, but I think a key player in this issue is being ignored in the discussion. What happens to the workers? If a construction worker gets hurt on the job and there is no compensation insurance, will they get anything? I might be a little ignorant about how these matters work, so if there are other avenues of them getting compensation please let me know. I still feel that leaving out workers from the conversation is not only problematic for the issue at hand, but a bad political move, as traditionally workers have been the Democratic base. I know we live in a right-to-work-state, or better put a right-to-fire-for-no-reason-state, where the union doesn't have any power, but does this mean you will completely ignore the workers' interests? Now I’m all for sticking it to big business insurance companies and what not, but I think a key player in this issue is being ignored in the discussion. What happens to the workers? If a construction worker gets hurt on the job and there is no compensation insurance, will they get anything? I might be a little ignorant about how these matters work, so if there are other avenues of them getting compensation please let me know. I still feel that leaving out workers from the conversation is not only problematic for the issue at hand, but a bad political move, as traditionally workers have been the Democratic base. I know we live in a right-to-work-state, or better put a right-to-fire-for-no-reason-state, where the union doesn’t have any power, but does this mean you will completely ignore the workers’ interests?

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