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Another Outraged Worker <OW@fubar.com> writes:

> For all those people living in the Bay Area who happen to have been
> injured on the job, I'd like to issue the following warnings:

> 1. If the workers comp insurance company that your employer is using
>    is called "CNA", be highly suspicious of them. They are extremely 
>    shifty and will use any and all means to ensure that your claim 
>    will not be taken seriously and they will make any and all attempt 
>    at skirting around workers comp laws. Furthermore, do not trust
>    any doctor whom they recommend or to whom they send you. If a doctor
>    or his nurse claims to have worked with CNA extensively before, then
>    find another. The local workers compensation industry is, to be blunt,
>    a racket -- a scam -- and CNA is an established player in this
>    ongoing debacle.

> 2. If you can avoid dealing with occuptional health doctors named either
>    Lowengart or Pugh, both working on Telegraph Avenue in Oakland, then
>    do so. Both of these doctors not only have very little if any competence,
>    but they offset their lack of ability by an unusual flair for
>    playing along with the Workers Comp Industry Scam. Yes folks, 
>    They lie. They cheat. They'd probably even push a button to get a chunk 
>    of banana, if you paid them to.  And, unfortunately, either of these will 
>    systematically refuse to believe that you the worker are injured, 
>    they will lie to you about your condition and how it should be treated,
>    they will fail to inform you of your options or they will offer options 
>    which would be destructive to your health and career, and they will do 
>    whatever they possibly can to end your treatment prematurely.

> Hence I say, PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS; the medical con-artist class will not.


	The unfortunate thing about Workers Comp is that you
	give up your right to civil action.  It's a trade off.
	In return for govt intervention, you generally lose your 
	right to sue your employer in court.  Unfortunately, abuse
	has been a two way street.  Theoretically, an employer's
	negligence can result in your death, but because you
	come under the purview of Workers' Comp. your estate 
	may only get a pre-determined amount for your losses.
	Last I looked, which was a long while ago, I think
	death was $100,000 and loss of limb was $50,000 and loss 
	of a hand was $10,000.  (A long while ago.)  
-- 
jzero@netcom.com
S.F., CA