National opens ACC to private sector

[motor_mayhem]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10695783

Good to know all those extra ACC $ we've been paying in registration fees have been put to "good" use.

[slofox]

How surprising...

[Indiana_Jones]

This should of happened last time before comrade Clark came along to fuck things up.

-Indy

[Str8 Jacket]

This should of happened last time before comrade Clark came along to fuck things up.

-Indy

This should never have happened, ever.

Another broken promise.....

[StoneY]

Dave Clendon sent me this link today.

http://www.greens.org.nz/press-relea...dent-victims-0


His comment was;
"I think you were on to something with the ‘who’s next’ campaign…seems like everybody is next!"

It's official now, exactly what we knew all along....secret agenda to privatise
Remeber to make your vote count next year

Brent

[Str8 Jacket]

Repost!!!!

[phill-k]

Please note this was a sarcastic post for those that think I actually agree with it.

One of the best moves the Key Government has done so far - if you are big business and thus have the ability and more importantly the leverage to negotiate a premium that reflects your size rather than the risk, if you are at the other end of the tree small one man band or some such you will as we all did last time pay more for your workplace cover.

I think this is known as a level playing field.

So that's two great measures down to Key the national cycle track and the beginnings of the dismantling of our no fault compensation scheme.
Oh that's right the national cycleway that promised 4000 new jobs has become the bits of a national cycleway and the jobs won't be there if at all until 2015, an absolute ripper of a job fest that was. So many new jobs created so many happy kiwis.

Bring back the right to take legal proceedings and then I'd be happy.

[Str8 Jacket]

Those of us that can't get health insurance are fucked.

[oldrider]

Repost!!!!

I don't mind! (the repost that is!)

But hey, Repeat the truth often enough and the politicians will pronounce it to be a lie!

[Magua]

Opening a no-fault universal compensation scheme (in theory only?) to competition from insurance companies, gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

[Hitcher]

ACC has been partially privatised before. I remember it well and fondly when I was self-employed in the 1990s. My "ACC levies" were considerably lower prior to a Labour gummint nationalising everything again.

[spookytooth]

ACC has been partially privatised before. I remember it well and fondly when I was self-employed in the 1990s. My "ACC levies" were considerably lower prior to a Labour gummint nationalising everything again.

Actually mite have a chance of getting a claim accepted too

[StoneY]

Repost!!!!

Yep, someone beat me to it but hey...thats what happens when ya have a job LOL

[Str8 Jacket]

Yep, someone beat me to it but hey...thats what happens when ya have a job LOL

Hey, I have a job and finished 2 hours ago....!

[StoneY]

ACC has been partially privatised before. I remember it well and fondly when I was self-employed in the 1990s. My "ACC levies" were considerably lower prior to a Labour gummint nationalising everything again.

My mate who's on here as The_Dude was one of the chaps that assisted companies to sort out the private/ACC partnerships etc
He says it was a total disaster - he made a lot of money for about 6 months and then it all went to the compost heap due to all the loopholes the private sector could hide behind

I was a prime example myself as to why it was so difficult to work

When I was assessed for my role as a Sky TV Contractor (in Auckland at the time) and the private insurance company refused to cover:
My Spine (upper and lower)
My Left Arm
My Right Arm
My Right Leg

And after these 'noted exclusions' were lodged on the policy they still expected a whopping $1600 per annum in premium because I worked on roofs at times............

Loophole then was;
ACC still covered you where the insurance company made exclusions based on medical history
I just refused to go private andstayed purely with ACC anyway...after all at least they covered anything that had been hurt before..........(then anyway)