National opens ACC to private sector

[Fatt Max]

I don't believe anyone in Govt. ‎is dumb enough .‎

Evidence....facts.....please?

[Ocean1]

So how does that work ?
I pay ACC through vehicle rego and ACC earner levies but that is a long way from $8.5k ?

I ain't going to break it down, if you work for yourself or own a small business you wouldn't need to ask.

[Ocean1]

Bet ya can't name one NZ Insurance Company that is not owned by a larger Off-Shore Company, that is big enough to handle ACC If ya can't, then that answers ya above two questions

It'd been a while since there was a big Kiwi bank too.

[Ocean1]

Fookin double post...

[Oscar]

Evidence....facts.....please?

None of them are in the Labour Party.
Key won't do a deal with Peters.
None of them own Hondas.

[Robert Taylor]

The worst ones are the ACT MP's, who espouse individual freedoms, anti rorting and honesty, and are conspicuously none of these things....
All governments engage in social engineering of one form or another. The nats are really good at it - with the help of their PR companies you hardly notice it going on - well - if you have to rely on the MSM to hear about it......... success is good, however no governments in NZ seem to be in favour of success, unless they can make some personal capital out of it. National just prattle on about successful business, but do as little as any other party to actually engender this....unless you're good mates with a politico. Most success stories in NZ have happened, despite the government of the day, very seldom with the help of!
The opening of the ACC section to private insurers will not benefit the citizens of the country as a whole - as before, the lucrative bits (if there are any) will be picked up by the private sector, leaving the ACC to carry the can for everything else.
...which is a sad indictment on the state of politics and polititians in this country (and overseas)

Disagree, that arrogant and TOTALLY UNREPENTANT fag Carter is 10 times worse than any other pig at the feeding trough.

We get the Governments we deserve because too many voters are infirm of purpose and are looking for easy handouts, fact.

[NONONO]

None of them are in the Labour Party.
Key won't do a deal with Peters.
None of them own Hondas.

Lumpen Proletariat..? Not been called that in a while.......
Go on you bloody parasite!
Might have been nice for you to declare your personal interest in this argument at the start, then we all could have ignored your self serving posts. But that's not the way you blood suckers operate eh?
Enough of you...be gone!
Ignored...thank the lord!

[Oscar]

Lumpen Proletariat..? Not been called that in a while.......
Go on you bloody parasite!
Might have been nice for you to declare your personal interest in this argument at the start, then we all could have ignored your self serving posts. But that's not the way you blood suckers operate eh?
Enough of you...be gone!
Ignored...thank the lord!

Blood sucker?
Parasite?
You forgot running dog or paper tiger.
You are starting to sound like the left wing propagandist dope that you undoubtedly are...

[Fatt Max]

Blood sucker?
Parasite?
You forgot running dog or paper tiger.
You are starting to sound like the left wing propagandist dope that you undoubtedly are...

You are talking about the man I love.....

[Hawk]

I agree stony how about a slight modification to your slogan "Whos next......New Zealand"

want next ??????????????????????????????????

[Mom]

I ain't going to break it down, if you work for yourself or own a small business you wouldn't need to ask.

Would you be reffering to the ACC levy you pay as an employer on every $100 of wages you pay, the ACC levy you pay on registering the vehicles you use for the business, then the ACC levy you pay on the fuel those vehicles use, and the ACC levy you pay on any income you manage to generate personally from the business? Lets not forget if you are employed part time to support the business you have, you also pay ACC levy on the wages you earn and heaven help you if you happen to have a coupld of motorcycles as well.

On top of that try making a claim for a treatment injury, and waiting, and waiting for a decision on whether they will accept your claim. Once they do you are surprised, nay shocked when ACC will not pay for the 2 ambulance trips this injury resulted in as they happened more than 24 hours after the "injury" happened. Yeah, of course they did. It built up over days of treatment by 24hr clinics and GP visits, it was a serious adverse reaction to a blood pressure med that almost eveyone else can take. How can I help being special

Something has gone very, very wrong with the spirit and intent of the Act that founded it.

[Ocean1]

Would you be reffering to...

Yes. You’ve missed one but I can’t think what it is.

Caught up with the residual claims levies yet?

I’m surprised that apparently nobody else on KB is call on to be quite as generous.

heaven help you if you happen to have a coupld of motorcycles as well.

Now that you mention it... that’s almost another grand.

[Mom]

Caught up with the residual claims levies yet?

Wash out your mouth!

[Fatt Max]

Have you heard the news
that we are all getting screwed
while the bellends down the Beehive
get more pay.........

[RiderInBlack]

It'd been a while since there was a big Kiwi bank too.

Which basically answers ya below question:

Why does the competitive element have to be an off shore one? Why couldn’t NZ insurance companies bid for controlled access to bits of the market?

Nice of ya to agree that ya question was invalid.

By the way ya can't count the ACC ya pay on behalf of your employees as being part you ACC as it comes out of their wages (Like TAX does). You just remove it before ya employee gets ta see it. What different world we would live in if the Employee got all of their wages and then had to pay the Government for taxes themselves.
By the way I have also been self-employed. Making sure ya set aside enough tax money is a pain in the arse. I also got screwed over last time they tried privatising ACC too. Think ya will be better off. Yer right. Start rolling out the the Tuis by the Barrel load on that one.