tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722294029877743408.post3679738096263029095..comments2024-03-13T21:55:29.791-07:00Comments on The Weinmann Report - politicsofhealthcare.com: AB 76, a Trailer Bill that Makes a DifferenceRobert Weinmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06207543223165842066noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722294029877743408.post-71910345803293774782013-06-24T10:19:11.248-07:002013-06-24T10:19:11.248-07:00Cal Fed teamed up last year with Grimmway Farms to...Cal Fed teamed up last year with Grimmway Farms to get SB 863 passed. Angie Wei, lobbying for Cal Fed, worked with Sean McNally, then Vice President for Corporate Affairs for Grimmway. Her goal was to increase permanend disability (PD). His goal was to limit the damages. These goals were partially achieved. PD was increased but sexual dysfunction caused by spinal disability was removed from the PD equation. So was dyssomnia caused by chronic pain and aspects of psychiatric dysfunction. Governor Brown wanted the bill to satisfy the insurance industry so he could get his tax bill. That goal also succeeded. Injured workers never had a chance. <br /><br />AB 76 reaps further havoc on injured workers. But, because of a section in it that would restrict access to public records, the bill is reported to be delayed from gubernatorial signature. The expectation is that the denial of public access to records will be fixed and that the denial of benefits to injured workers as stated on page 61 of the bill will remain. Robert Weinmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207543223165842066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722294029877743408.post-60271336594089744212013-06-18T09:36:54.966-07:002013-06-18T09:36:54.966-07:00For decades, injured workers who deserve higher pa...For decades, injured workers who deserve higher paid disability wage replacement for their severe disabilities have received little to no honest ratings OR wages. With QME's making false and fraudulent reports all the while understanding they commit perjury and committing perjury is routine. I would like to know where all the insurance disability money has gone because the severely injured worker not only does receive that money but also end up on Social Security and Medicare with the federal tax dollar subsidizing what and insurance companies are not paying out for these many and high amount claims. As anyone who is on both programs know that they will get medical care to a point and the social security monthly payouts are minimal at best. Injured workers who do receive social security receive even less had they had the opportunity to work until they were 66 and half.<br />Cal-fed is not the only injured worker advocate and if they are, Cal Fed has been agreeing on enacted legislation that continually taking away or minimizing benefits. Injured workers are just a cog in the wheel of inhumanity of the worker's comp system and everyone else attached like CAL-FED, FAC, CHS&WC, Democratic legislators and Republicans, who ever favors business and insurance and many others (who in all likely would off them selves had they been injured so severely with no real safety net)...ALL who have known for a very long time WHO has been riding on that bicycle of money!<br />Dina J. Padilla<br />President of VOICES/B.E.S.T.<br />Advocate for Injured Workers.<br />Dina Padillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10313985766065677265noreply@blogger.com