{"id":130,"date":"2010-10-15T01:52:37","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T01:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikepellegrini.com\/wordpress\/?p=88"},"modified":"2010-10-15T01:52:37","modified_gmt":"2010-10-15T01:52:37","slug":"yes-on-initiative-1082-lets-help-the-biaw-and-the-insurance-companies-get-rich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikepellegrini.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2010\/10\/15\/yes-on-initiative-1082-lets-help-the-biaw-and-the-insurance-companies-get-rich\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes on Initiative 1082 – Let’s help the BIAW and the insurance companies get rich!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nOne of the most asinine initiatives in Washington state this election has got to be 1082<\/strong> – the initiative to privatize the state worker’s compensation system. The primary sponsor is the Building Industry Association of Washington – Dino Rossi’s erstwhile masters – and the large insurance companies. (Rossi is pictured at the right, with his head up his ass, as usual).<\/p>\n

So far, the BIAW has spent a reported $500, 000 on its Yes-1082 campaign – a staggering sum of money. But it’s nothing compared to what they potentially can make if 1082 passes. Here’s a detailed look.<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s all about offering better “case management” than Labor and Industries. Which translated, means screwing legitimate claimants – denying or delaying valid claims – just to save the insurance companies a buck.<\/p>\n

Here’s a story about my experience with Safeco Insurances claims management practices. <\/a><\/p>\n

But wait, there’s more: one of the main insurance companies that would take care of Worker’s Comp in Washington state if this passes is AIG.<\/p>\n

That’s right, AIG – the company whose top notch management is so great that the US taxpayers had to come up with $85 billion to bail them out rather than have the company go bankrupt. The same AIG that, right after receiving the $85 billion bailout, sent their executives on a week-long retreat at the St Regis Resort in Monarch Beach California at the cost of $433,000 – of taxpayer money.<\/a><\/p>\n

So let me get this straight – the BIAW wants to privatize the state Worker’s Comp system – to save us all money – and to carry out this task, they’re going to use AIG, the company that managed itself into bankruptcy, and sends its executives to $433,000 retreats at public expense?<\/p>\n

Sure that sounds reasonable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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